October 16, 2016

Sunspot Highway aspens

Karr Recreation Area trails on a perfect October day

 isolated meadow off the trail 

The Western was back on track

Rough cabin life

Another lazy cat

Some aspens in the distance from Pumphouse Ridge road

Another perfect day

Rick discovered his MTB had 4 broken spokes at the first of the ride, so he headed to the bike shop and we rode anyway

Perfection at Mad Jacks

Sunset on the way down the mountain to Alamogordo and White Sands

The crew (minus Pat) who was suffering with shingles

Start of the White Sands Full Moon bike ride

Really didn't need lights

White Sands under a full moon

We got a little artsy and took some creepy pictures out in the dunes

very creepy

Some fall color in the driveway on yet another perfect day

Oaks around the cabin with fall color

Last shot before heading back

September 18, 2016

Hail on the roof of Big Daddy's

Driving into town

Lots of hail piled up on the side

Sun setting and mist coming up off the road and hail

One of two major hailstorms we were in on Thursday--looking back to the east toward our cabin from Burro Street in front of the Western

Food and beer were back on track

If you look closely in the background, you can see mist and fog still coming up off the hail from the storm several hours earlier with a full moon on Burro Street.

Long climb up Sleepygrass Road

Sleepygrass road climb

Finally made it to the apple orchard and loaded up on Fujis

Nothing like a steep one mile climb in your big chainring to start out a ride because a rock is stuck and you can't shift

Deep in the forest near the Indian reservation on elk road

One of our favorite areas to ride--we call it elk road because we almost always see elk back there

Between elk road and Baird Canyon climb

Just came down the treacherous elk road

Nice meadow with pond

Lumberjack Day festivities at Zenith Park on Saturday

One last ride around the neighborhood on the hardtail MTB before we headed home

The first hailstorm (between Artesia and Hope) did a number on my car--it even broke the windshield

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Big dents all over the car

Time to get that Outback now!