Chip Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Summary Three of us left Houston around 1pm on Friday May 26, 2006 (Rick on his R1150RT, me on my R1100RT, and Perry on his Harley Road King, aka the “dump truck”). We got back on Sunday June 4th. Highlights Best – No fall downs, no break downs, and no embarrassing LEO encounters…whoo hooo!!! Favorite road on this trip…too many to tell. I may have to re-ride them again to know for sure. Here are the roads I'd ride again · Highway 4 in New Mexico (Bandelier National Monument) · Highway 550 to Ouray (Million Dollar Highway) · Highway 145 & Highway 191 to Moab · Arches National Park · Highway 128 along Colorado River · Grand Mesa (Highway 65) · Black Canyon (North rim on Highway 92) · Highway 149 from Lake City to Creede · Wolfcreek Pass · Highway 104 to Tucumcari with Surprise As the commercial might say · 3,100 miles through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah – A bit over $200 for gas · 9 days for food & lodging – Approximately $550 · Memories of the trip captured on digital cameras – a few MB of space on my hard drive and a CD · Annual bonding with my buddies – The right trinkets for my girlfriend…nope, it ain’t priceless Link to comment
Warren_H Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 SummaryMemories of the trip captured on digital cameras – a few MB of space on my hard drive and a CD ...and the pictures will be posted??? Link to comment
Yeeha! Stephen Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 "· Highway 104 to Tucumcari with Surprise..." Surprise? Tell this story! 104 is one of my Fav roads. Link to comment
Chip Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 "· Highway 104 to Tucumcari with Surprise..." Surprise? Tell this story! 104 is one of my Fav roads. As you ride from Las Vegas, NM, the roads are straight and flat and the scenery is wide open and, you're at ~6,900 feet. Tucumcari is ~4,000 feet. Whoever was in charge of dropping the elevation by ~2,900 feet didn't do it gradually... There's really nothing like riding along at 80mph along a straight, flat road and suddenly seeing one of those road signs with a squiggley arrow and a 35mph speed limit Link to comment
Chip Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 and the pictures will be posted??? As soon as I can get the 2MB pics down to a postable size Link to comment
Chip Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 Attached is a pic of Arches Park...with a few bikes of course. Just exactly how do I include the pic with my response so I can include captions? Link to comment
Dances_With_Wiener_Dogs Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Attached is a pic of Arches Park...with a few bikes of course. Just exactly how do I include the pic with my response so I can include captions? You might try and search in the Support Forum for suggestions on posting images. The other thing to do is look at the FAQ or click HERE. Link to comment
Yeeha! Stephen Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 "· Highway 104 to Tucumcari with Surprise..." Surprise? Tell this story! 104 is one of my Fav roads. As you ride from Las Vegas, NM, the roads are straight and flat and the scenery is wide open and, you're at ~6,900 feet. Tucumcari is ~4,000 feet. Whoever was in charge of dropping the elevation by ~2,900 feet didn't do it gradually... There's really nothing like riding along at 80mph along a straight, flat road and suddenly seeing one of those road signs with a squiggley arrow and a 35mph speed limit Yes! Know the feeling well... Link to comment
Chip Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 We stopped at exactly that spot...on the way home to Texas though Link to comment
Shawnee Bill Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 "· Highway 104 to Tucumcari with Surprise..." Surprise? Tell this story! 104 is one of my Fav roads. As you ride from Las Vegas, NM, the roads are straight and flat and the scenery is wide open and, you're at ~6,900 feet. Tucumcari is ~4,000 feet. Whoever was in charge of dropping the elevation by ~2,900 feet didn't do it gradually... There's really nothing like riding along at 80mph along a straight, flat road and suddenly seeing one of those road signs with a squiggley arrow and a 35mph speed limit Not exactly a hijack, I like 104 also, but last time through I tried Hwy 39 from Logan to Roy and then 120 to Wagon Mound and on to Ocate, then 442 to LaCueva. Similar ride except two "surprises", you get that same plateau drop off, and also get to ride in and out of the Canadian River canyon. But I didn't get to ride through Las Vegas, didn't miss that at all. Trivia, the guy at KFC in Tucumcari told me it’s Hwy 104 because it’s 104 miles from there to Las Vegas. Somehow I’m slightly skeptical of that? Sounds good though. Link to comment
Chip Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 ...Trivia, the guy at KFC in Tucumcari told me it’s Hwy 104 because it’s 104 miles from there to Las Vegas. Somehow I’m slightly skeptical of that? ... 104 miles sounds about right. It did take us about an hour. Link to comment
Yeeha! Stephen Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 "· Highway 104 to Tucumcari with Surprise..." Surprise? Tell this story! 104 is one of my Fav roads. As you ride from Las Vegas, NM, the roads are straight and flat and the scenery is wide open and, you're at ~6,900 feet. Tucumcari is ~4,000 feet. Whoever was in charge of dropping the elevation by ~2,900 feet didn't do it gradually... There's really nothing like riding along at 80mph along a straight, flat road and suddenly seeing one of those road signs with a squiggley arrow and a 35mph speed limit Not exactly a hijack, I like 104 also, but last time through I tried Hwy 39 from Logan to Roy and then 120 to Wagon Mound and on to Ocate, then 442 to LaCueva. Similar ride except two "surprises", you get that same plateau drop off, and also get to ride in and out of the Canadian River canyon. But I didn't get to ride through Las Vegas, didn't miss that at all. Trivia, the guy at KFC in Tucumcari told me it’s Hwy 104 because it’s 104 miles from there to Las Vegas. Somehow I’m slightly skeptical of that? Sounds good though. Bill, One of my local riding Buds has been pushing me HARD to go that way next time. So, I guess I can't go wrong with 2 recommendations eh? I'm usually overnighting in Tucumcari so I can have the morning sun at my back when heading up range, and your/his way has just felt like back-tracking. Live and learn... specially for me. I've got a Lot to learn about riding this beautiful country! Link to comment
Shawnee Bill Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Bill, One of my local riding Buds has been pushing me HARD to go that way next time. So, I guess I can't go wrong with 2 recommendations eh? I'm usually overnighting in Tucumcari so I can have the morning sun at my back when heading up range, and your/his way has just felt like back-tracking. Live and learn... specially for me. I've got a Lot to learn about riding this beautiful country! Take the 392 cutoff just west of the NM Welcome rest stop, you'll get a sudden lonesome feeling the first hill from I-40. If you camp there is Ute state park in Logan, lots of good camping, nice shower house there. Or I find three motels there, as I remember they looked fine from the road Link here to motels info. Hwy 120 is good pavement to Ocate and then it is a gravel road over the hill from Ocate to Black Lake and Angel Fire, the lady running the Post Office told me it wasn't too bad but I didn't try it because I was riding by myself. Next time Link to comment
WestTX RT Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 One of my local riding Buds has been pushing me HARD to go that way next time I wouldn't go way out of my way to try it. It takes a whole lot of nothing to get to that one nice little climb. I prefer cutting across from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas if I'm going up that way. Link to comment
Shawnee Bill Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 One of my local riding Buds has been pushing me HARD to go that way next time I wouldn't go way out of my way to try it. It takes a whole lot of nothing to get to that one nice little climb. I prefer cutting across from Santa Rosa to Las Vegas if I'm going up that way. Ahh, but isn't there a rule about taking the same road twice? Next time try another 25 miles west, take Hwy 3 through Villanueva, sudden drop off on that road also. Link to comment
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