Does the Bosque ever get to flood? Looks like a good fast ride place. Put the head down and go! As for the knicker, nah, just all bundled up.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:58 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > First: Eric, nice photos. I wasn't paying attention when you mentioned > the poster and thought you said "Wolf" festival -- we've had that sort > of thing here, with the re-introduction of a certain wolf species into > area wildlands within the last 10 years. I'd have paid more attention > if I had understood you. (And my eyesight is not all that it could be, > frankly.) > > Others: Eric got me out of my winter hibernation -- very little riding > during December and January, and I was pleased that I did not do worse > over the 25 miles. I was on the 1973 Motobecane and wore my original > style WoolyWarm, rear pocketed jersey for the first time and at about > freezing, it did find over a single, base wool layer. Do my knickers > make me look fat? > > The bosque is wonderful: no great shakes compared to the best natural > beauty of No and So Cal, but in contrast to the surrounding high > desert it is a wonderful strip of green, about 1/2 mile on each side > of the ~ 1/2 mile wide Rio Grande. Of course, it is much greener and > less dusty looking in summer. > > Jim: I think we' corresponded via tangent off the Boblist, no? Please > do knock when you next visit. The bosque beckons. > > And Garcia's Kitchen, near 4th and Montano, *does* serve beer! > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Jim Cloud <cloud...@aol.com> wrote: > > Eric, > > > > Thanks for the photos. I'd like to ride the Bosque Trail sometime > > when I travel next to New Mexico. I was born in Socorro and went to > > school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, it's still my > > home state in my memory and bones. > > > > Jim Cloud > > Tucson, AZ > > > > On Feb 11, 11:10 am, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > >> I was in Albuquerque on business yesterday and met up with fellow Riv > list member Patrick Moore, who was kind enough to lend me a bike (a > fixed-gear Rivendell!) and give me a tour of the Bosque Trail near his home. > It was cold (around freezing), but we swaddled ourselves in wool and headed > out for a nice ride, followed by a great lunch of New Mexican food at a > local eatery. > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176895@N03/sets/72157625900271073/with. > .. > >> > >> Thanks to Patrick for his fine hospitality! > >> > >> --Eric Norris > >> campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Bill Gibson Tempe, Arizona, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
