New Mexico Bike Tour! (Taos, NM to Santa Fe, NM)
June 4, 2004

Just outside of Taos, three tipis as the sun rises early in the morning.

You'll go through a scenic canyon where the Rio Grande flows. It's quite like the canyon from Salida, CO to Canon City, CO where the Arkansas River flows. Maybe I'm biased: The Arkansas River canyon is longer, more rugged and more scenic! But don't get me wrong, this one is nice too! ;)

While I gotcha here, here's my other New Mexico and biking pictorials:

Bike: San Luis, CO to Taos, NM

Business Trip to Albuquerque, NM

Bike Across Colorado 2003

Biking Around Colorado Springs Area

Española, New Mexico! :)

A beautiful bridge on the Pojoaque Indian Reservation.

There were so many roadside monuments like these throughout northern New Mexico. I did notice a great number of beer bottles and alcohol-related debris on the sides of the roads I was on. You might want to be extra careful while driving here at night. Drunk driving appears to be an especially serious problem!

Arrival at the Santa Fe International Youth Hostel! The people who run this place are really friendly. They have a large public kitchen where they typically make meals all together and socialize. This is a great hostel!

Uh, here's where my trip ends. While I had originally planned to bike all the way to Juarez, Mexico, many factors, including some quite internal, gave me good reason to end the trip here. At some point, I will hopefully continue my bike trip from Santa Fe! :)

Here's how I got home: I shipped my bike back to Manitou Springs through UPS, with these two awesome women helping greatly, and then I took a Greyhound Bus back to Colorado Springs. (See bus pictures below!)

Below are random Santa Fe pics!

Look at that cactus! :)

If you're into shopping for southwestern stuff, you'll like this town for sure!

I love these kinds of outdoor murals.

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Oooooooooh! I just might be tempted to head out to southern Utah in September or October (when it's a little cooler). Stay tuned! ;)

The Bus Ride Back Home to Colorado
June 5, 2004

That's the first time I've ridden a charter bus like that in a long time! :) Oh! Also, I took a picture of my bus ticket! ;)

Here's the snacks I picked up at the beginning.

One shot in the mountains between Eagle Nest, NM and Cimarron, NM.

Okay, so here's a map of New Mexico. As you can see, I only did about 25-30% of the state. I truly hope I can get back sometime and finish up this bike ride ... we'll see! :)

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