Dave (Stumped) and I took our girlfriends and headed for the mountains this last week.
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I don't have the pics (perhaps Dave will post) but did find a video that caused some excitement and caused us to back track almost 90 miles and ride in some hard rain and cold temps.
We took the route in the morning from Red River to Angel Fire to Taos. Early in the afternoon we saw a huge storm, that the forecasters said would come, in the distance. It was going over the mountain so we decided go to Red River via Questa with the notion that we would come in behind the storm. We were 11 miles from the cabin when the local Police blocked the road. Apparently there was a mud slide and we would have to go the long way around to get back to Red River. It was in the upper 60's at that point and cooling down fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm-0qmitk8
We were 11 miles from the cabin. After we turned around, we quickly realized we'd be running back into a 2nd major storm encroaching from the West. Soon we got into rain and some pretty big spouts of lightening off to the West. The temperatures dropped quickly and didn't take long for it to be in the mid 40's. With our rain gear on we pressed on. Arriving about 3 hours later, we were intact but cold and wet. I knew that would be the end of my gal's riding but was pleasantly surprised to hear her say "what an adventure". We got home yesterday and she's already looking forward to the next ride.
MAP
I don't have the pics (perhaps Dave will post) but did find a video that caused some excitement and caused us to back track almost 90 miles and ride in some hard rain and cold temps.
We took the route in the morning from Red River to Angel Fire to Taos. Early in the afternoon we saw a huge storm, that the forecasters said would come, in the distance. It was going over the mountain so we decided go to Red River via Questa with the notion that we would come in behind the storm. We were 11 miles from the cabin when the local Police blocked the road. Apparently there was a mud slide and we would have to go the long way around to get back to Red River. It was in the upper 60's at that point and cooling down fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm-0qmitk8
We were 11 miles from the cabin. After we turned around, we quickly realized we'd be running back into a 2nd major storm encroaching from the West. Soon we got into rain and some pretty big spouts of lightening off to the West. The temperatures dropped quickly and didn't take long for it to be in the mid 40's. With our rain gear on we pressed on. Arriving about 3 hours later, we were intact but cold and wet. I knew that would be the end of my gal's riding but was pleasantly surprised to hear her say "what an adventure". We got home yesterday and she's already looking forward to the next ride.
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