A good friend lives in Alamogordo. A decent enough town with good shopping and medical and far enough away from the higher crime areas of Las Cruces and Albuq. The National Forest is right out his back door with excellent riding or 4-wheeling opportunities. Here's a copy/paste of one of his days. He's almost 80, therefore the noon nap comment. The photos are of his big GS which he has since traded for a new Kawasaki W800 but still kept the little 310GS. He's the founder of San Jose BMW so he'll always have at least one BMW in the stable.
Yesterday Sat 5/29 after a nice Noon Day Nap
geared up and hopped upon the great little 310GS for a ride, forgot my camera.....
Left the house about 1:30 and headed up 82 to Hi Rolls OAT dropped from the hi 90's to the lower 80's because of the elevation 7,000' in Hi Rolls. Here you will need to find a map of New Mexico on your 'puter and zoom in to see the roads...er...trails out of Hi Rolls. Turned right, southward on what is called West Side Road or R90. Some 35 miles or so without any access to any kind of escape or dirt road of any kind, It is maintained by a combination of the National Forrest, two different counties and the few very remote Ranches up in the mountains. The elevation runs from the 7,000's to the mid 9,000's ft. The ride takes 2-2 1/2 hours at a minimum. It eventually becomes Fs91 and you work your way to Hornbuckle Canyon on the Sacramento Canyon Rd the beautiful Paved Rd that runs between Cloudcroft and Timberon. One of the best motorcycle roads in the country, excellent pavement and no traffic. I noticed when I finally got home about 5:30 that there was no chicken strips on the left side of my tires and a barely noticeable strip on the right side. A low powered bike riding at between 8,000 and 9,000+ elevation, the secret to your success is "Momentum is your friend" A great ride, about 100 miles.............Next time...................Won't forget my camera.
White Sands in the distance
He sold his two 4-wheelers because his wife just had knee surgery last month and bought one of these instead. This is two miles from his house.
NM is definitely a good place to ride and retire.
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