Time for a little Jaunt into New Mexico. . .
Details
Ride Plan: Rx Riders April 27th-May 1st
Wednesday April 27th
Duration: 197 miles
Meet: Conoco Station on Hwy 87 across from Fort McDowell Casino
Depart: 1500
Route: North to Payson, East to Show Low.
Hotel:
Holiday Inn Express http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/show-low/shwaz/hoteldetail
151 Deuce Of Clubs
Show Low, AZ 85901
(928) 537-5115
Thursday April 28th
Duration: 380 miles
Depart Show Low at 0700
Route: East/Southeast to Silver City, optional ride to Gila Cliff Dwellings
http://www.silvercity.org/ http://www.nps.gov/gicl/index.htm
Ride through Los Cruces and through Organ Mountain pass, stop at White Sands Missile Range
http://www.wsmr.army.mil/Pages/Home.aspx
Stop at White Sands National Monument http://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm
Stay at the Hampton Inn, Alamogordo
(http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=ALMHHHX)
Hampton Inn Alamogordo (http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=ALMHHHX)
1295 Hamilton Road, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA 88310
Tel: 1-575-439-1782 Fax: 1-575-439-5680
Friday April 29th
Duration: 406 miles
Depart Alamogordo at 0700
Ride up Hwy 82 to Cloudcroft, ride over to Sunspot
http://cloudcroft.com/ http://nsosp.nso.edu/
Ride back through Cloudcroft and via backroads to Billy the Kid’s home, home of smokey the bear.
http://www.villageofcapitan.com/
Ride through Valley of Fire http://www.geo.utep.edu/loca/Volcanos/VALLEY.HTML
then past the Trinity Site http://www.atomictourist.com/trinity.htm
Lunch in Socorro, through Albuquerque, stay at the Historic Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas
http://www.plazahotel-nm.com/ Hunt for Ghosts
Saturday April 30th
Duration: 432 miles
Depart Plaza Hotel at 0700
Eat Breakfast in Madrid, NM just like the Wild Hogs. . . http://visitmadridnm.com/?gclid=CIHq5pH216cCFQlPgwodAFT49Q
Ride to Window Rock, Arizona http://www.lapahie.com/Window_Rock_Capitol.cfm
Ride through the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert (along the route) http://www.arizona-leisure.com/painted-desert.html
Stay at La Posada in Winslow http://www.laposada.org/
Sunday May 1st
Duration: 179 Miles
Depart 0800 down to Phoenix via Payson or cut off to I-17
Total Trip: 1,575 miles