The Secret of La Rosa - MOGI FRANKLIN MYSTERIES

 The location of the village of Querencia in the story is in the mountains west of the San Augustin Plains in west-central New Mexico.  However, the village does not actually exist.  It is a combination of various places that I’ve been in New Mexico, plus some of the descriptions that I’ve read in history books.

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Cross country ski tracks in the snow.

Sun coming through a forest after a snow storm.

A typical 1800s log building.  It would have augmented the houses that were made with adobe.

This is a picture of La Conquistadora.  She was brought to the new land of Nuevo Mexico right around 1600, a gift from the King of Spain, and has been a precious item to New Mexico Catholics since then; it is more than 400 years old.  It is kept on display in the St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe.  The santos in the story is modeled after this santos.

Detail of the log building.