Re: [RBW] Re: Touring New Mexico

2011-01-08 Thread tarik saleh
I composed almost all of this before I saw you were planning on going south, but go back and read the last paragraph and the parts about the wind. I figure people would enjoy the link to the bob ride a few years back too. If you get north of Albuquerque, you get really high really quick, I live

Re: [RBW] Re: Touring New Mexico

2011-01-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:43 AM, MichaelH wrote: > Actually that's the part of the state that I have toured on two > occasions for about a month in total.  I was thinking about coming > across the south - hitting New Orleans & San Antonio before landing in > Big Bend, then on to Carlsbad, and Las

Re: [RBW] Re: Touring New Mexico

2011-01-07 Thread Ray Shine
r, it is some of the most stunningly beautiful country in all of the west. One of my favorite states. From: PATRICK MOORE To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 6:58:34 AM Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Touring New Mexico Cold and

Re: [RBW] Re: Touring New Mexico

2011-01-07 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Cold and windy, especially north of Albuquerque; I'd guess that you want to tour the north central part of the state, Santa Fe, Taos, Espanola, Chama, and they are all considerably higher than ABQ's 5K feet. I'd not spring this on her suddenly! My own choice would be May and June or perhaps Septemb

Re: [RBW] Re: Touring New Mexico

2011-01-06 Thread Bill Gibson
Wind. Should be sunny, though...and not a lot of tourists... On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Jim Cloud wrote: > Somehow, a bicycle camping trip to NM in the mid Feb. to March time > frame doesn't sound like quite the trip compared to Barbados! It's > not particularly warm at that time of year,