A good day today. Since we had a fairly short 191 miles to reach Santa Fe we spent a short time at the Roswell UFO museum, mostly because my daughter-in-law Rachel is more or less obsessed with UFOs and I could pick up a few Roswell related gifts for she and Kayden.
The ride today started off much like yesterday, hot, open land with some scrub vegetation but once we got within about 60 or so miles of Santa Fe things really started looking up; hills, a lot of sage brush, some trees and as we got even closer a beautiful view of the mountains. It also began to cool off. Halfway through the ride we start at a small to refuel and get a drink. It seems that almost every time we stop people will comment on the bikes, ask where we are headed and often share stories about their bikes or rides. Today Marshall and I were talking with a young, maybe early to mid thirties couple. They were living in a large travel trailer, he was a carpenter and travels from project to project. He shared what he thought was the best road in Nevada to travel on a motorcycle so we may have to try that route out. Another man driving a budget rental truck struck up a conversation. He was traveling with his wife back to Nashville. He had been out west staying with is son and granddaughter for a while.
Food review alert – After stowing our gear and cleaning up Marshall and I headed out to dinner. We again struck foodie gold at the The Ranch House. Incredible food and service and at an unexpectedly reasonable price. Marshall had Salmon Tacos with Remoulade, Pico, Green Chile Slaw and I had a half rack of Baby Back Ribs with Green Chile BBQ Sause, BBQ Baked Beans and Corn Bread. Hope we can keep this streak up, finding all this great food.
Tomorrow we are off to Canon City, Colorado and will be riding in a valley between to sections of the southern-most Rocky Mountains. Really looking forward to that.
Until then ….
Adventures of an Old Man 