NM Report

[scooterhose]

Mixin bidness with pleasure started back in April. The company I work for had asked me more than a year ago if I was interested in moving to New Mexico. I told them no, I’m not. I’ve only been home one year after spending three years in Southern California, so the answer is no. I’m not moving again….right now.






Along comes March 2005 and the company wants to know if I can participate in a two week rotation with two other coworkers, to New Mexico, until they can find and hire a replacement for one of the NM team guys. Sure, says I, certainly, no problem. It’s not wise to tell the boss man NO too many times in a row, don’t ya know.






Paperwork and visit requests get taken care of, reservations are made, and I’m telling my husband that I’ve heard great things about the Cloudcroft area and we’ll be staying there on our first trip out. We’re staying in a fancy old Lodge, built a long time ago, and in the past, frequented by Hollywood stars such as Clark Gable and Judy Garland. Let’s take the KLRs and we can have a grand time!



April makes it’s debut and we head across NE Texas, New Mexico bound. The KLRs are tied down in the bed of our Chevy, the rear seat of the crew cab is folded down and loaded with luggage, work laptop, work files, cameras, riding gear, some snacks and of course, Dr. Pepper. We arrive in Cloudcroft after dark, have a little trouble finding The Lodge, but finally get checked in.

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I work all week, while my husband huddles in the ancient, tiny, pine paneled room we ended up in. The TV was so old, we were surprised it had a wireless remote. But it was quaint. My first day off rolls around…..


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We were relegated to the folks with kids/dogs or smokers building, half a block from the main building.


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We rode in spite of the cold and snow, in spite of the ice, and we had fun, in spite of our freezing fingers and toes.



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Over the next few months, we got to come back again and again. In short, we’ve had a two week trip once a month since April. I fear that it’s over now though, the guy that left the team is coming back. It seems to please the company since they were having difficulty finding an engineer with the experience level they were looking for. I’m a little tired of the trips, just because it wears you out, being away from home, riding all you can, then being home and trying to catch up on home duties, then doing it all again. The following photos are some of my favorites from our trips in April, May, June and July. I might get one last trip in September, maybe not.

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We decided to park our bikes on this ride and climb up to investigate a cave. Yeehaw!

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Not much for living space….




But it’s got a great view!

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Meet my husband…my lover, riding partner, best friend and traveling partner.

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My husband found a big ole turkey feather and decorated my hair with it.

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One of my coworkers came out and rode with us on one of our last rides.



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His name is Jason.


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We’ve had a blast each time that we’ve been out there. It’s a great place to ride. It was just a little sweeter (when we took time to think about it) that we weren’t paying for the trip…ah mixin bidness with pleasure. More pleasure please!

[JayD]

I was in the 4 corners area before Christmas and I was KILLING me not to have my KLR along.......your pics aren't helping either ;) :D

Kewl report, thanks for sharing

[Juice]

I'm working on it Scooter..............

[scooterhose]

I'm working on it Scooter..............

Thanks Juice, lookin good!

Scooter

[scooterhose]

[QUOTE=JayD] I was KILLING me not to have my KLR along.......) :D

Can't tell ya how many times I've had the same feeling.
We'll havta start carrying KLRs like we carry our wallets.:D

Scooter

[JayD]

Lol

[Flying Low]

oh man! thanks for taking me home. i grew up in el paso,tx which is 1.5 hrs from cloudcroft. the area around cloudcroft and ruidoso is some of my favorite. your picture of whitesands in the distance brought back so many memories. did you all take any of the fireroads up to sunspot observatory? i keep telling jayd we need to make a trip out that way. hopefully we can do that someday. thanks for sharing all your pictures.

[scootertrash]

Damn, pretty country.

[scooterhose]

oh man! thanks for taking me home. i grew up in el paso,tx which is 1.5 hrs from cloudcroft. the area around cloudcroft and ruidoso is some of my favorite. your picture of whitesands in the distance brought back so many memories. did you all take any of the fireroads up to sunspot observatory? i keep telling jayd we need to make a trip out that way. hopefully we can do that someday. thanks for sharing all your pictures.

Glad you enjoyed! Just got back from there. We are gettin a house in High Rolls, will be moving in the first of the month. After gettin settled in we would be happy to host a ride for some of you fellas.(and gals)

And yes, we got as far as the gate to the Observatory. It was closed.
We took a few more pics on a short ride we took sunday, I'll postem later.

Scooterhose :)

[Juice]

Very interested Scooter. Keep us informed after you get settled in.


After gettin settled in we would be happy to host a ride for some of you fellas.(and gals)

Scooterhose :)

[scooterhose]

Oh, by the way Juice thanks for gettin this thing hammered into place for me.
We'll keep you posted on the move-in. Should have plenty of room for visitors.
Scooter

[Flying Low]

thanks for the offer. i look forward to meeting y'all someday.

[Save-the-Manatee]

Nice report and Pictures. Looks like some beautiful country. thumbs up to you guys.

[scooterhose]

Nice report and Pictures. Looks like some beautiful country. thumbs up to you guys.


Thanks Dude!! This is a great place for D/S riding...I think I read a post somewhere that you'll be on the coast to coast ride??? Hope so be glad to meet ya!

[scooterhose]

Good one Scooter! I want more. I love NM.

I get that alot...Oh you mean the ride report...

As you wish ma'am..

there's

D/s Half The Equation ! (http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1014)

Texans in New Mexico (http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.com/forums/showthread.php?t=499)

Thumpin on Easter Sunday (http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.com/forums/showthread.php?t=774)

Sunday brunch @ "The Lodge" (http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.com/forums/showthread.php?t=528)

Sunday in New Mexico (http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189)

And one from Texas

Grasslands and Crosstimbers of Texas (http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86)

Enough???

[Dusty]

absolutely astonishing. I have got to get my but out west for a ride with you guys. Thanks for the report.