Rick & Lori: October 29, 2017

It was just Rick and me this time. We arrived late Thursday afternoon, unpacked, and headed to Mayhill Cafe for dinner. We tried it several times a few years ago, but it was inconsistent. It's changed owners again, and we've been hearing good things so wanted to try it out again. We had chicken fried steaks with green chile enchilada sauce instead of gravy. The food was very good, the restaurant was very clean, the service was great, and they even had live music.

It was very cold on Friday with a high in the low 40s, so we had already decided to skip the Friday ride. We had an early lunch at Mad Jack's. I had seen on Facebook that he was going to have pork belly burnt ends for the first time. We were actually the first people to order and try his pork belly burnt ends and I thought they were quite good. Everything else was good too, as always. We did some shopping in Cloudcroft and in High Rolls, stopped by the Lodge for a beer, then headed back to the cabin.

On Saturday, we waited until after lunch for it to warm up for our MTB ride. We opted for a ride out of Mayhill at a lower elevation for some warmer temps. We parked at the Mayhill Cafe in town and rode to the south on Cox Canyon Hwy. We took Miller Flats road, had to climb up over a fairly large mountain with several switchbacks, and took some (relatively) flat roads out in several directions almost to Weed, then to Angel Canyon and back. It was getting cool by the time we got back, but we rode almost 33 miles and had a great time. We'll definitely be riding out in this area more often when the weather is cold. We had a late lunch/early dinner at the Mayhill Cafe again. I had the special (pot roast), Rick had cheese enchiladas, and we shared a slice of coconut cream pie for dessert. It was good, and we headed back to the cabin. We went back to Lubbock on Sunday morning.