The  Colorado airstream club hosted a very unique rally down in northern New Mexico at the Ghost Ranch conference center. Ghost Ranch has its own history apart from Georgia O’Keefe the painter. To be sure Georgia O’Keefe is a large part of that history. The conference center has ties to the Presbyterian Church but is welcome to anyone.  Many people come and stay for several days at a time but it is also meant for day use.

No other airstream club that I know of his ever had a rally at Ghost Ranch so this made it quite a unique experience. Because of this it was decided early on to make it a circle the wagons arrangement with all of the club activities in the center of the circle which worked out very well for socializing.

Book Club

Audience

As part of our tradition in the Colorado airstream club there is usually a book club. This time we read a magnificent biography of Georgia O’Keefe which markedly enhanced our understanding of the painter, her inspirations and her life

Through the Georgia O’Keefe welcome center in Abiquiu, NM which is just down the road from ghost Ranch we were able to take a tour of one of her homes. It was an amazing tour befitting an unusual artist. The last picture is that of her Mercedes which she used to drive fearlessly on the two-lane highways around her home.

I would strongly recommend reading the biography and then making  the effort to go down and actually visit Ghost Ranch