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- Location
- Plano, TX
- First Name
- Francisco
- Last Name
- Romero
Hello,
I am starting to plan a week-long trip to NM in late May or early June. I am somewhat flexible with the dates but I probably don't want to go after mid June.
The idea would be to do a couple of sections of the NMBDR and the rest on paved roads. My thinking is that I have limited time and I a mostly interested in scenery more than tons of off-road travel - would want to pick the most beautiful sections of the NMBDR and skip the rest. My plan to is to ride from Dallas to Carlsbad or Cloudcroft and start the NM section of the trip there. Want to do the last section from Cuba to Antoñito and probably the one from Wilson to Reserve.
I welcome company - if you're interested let me know and we can plan together. My motorcycle will be my wr250r, so I can't do high-speed highway even to get to NM. If someone has a trailer and wants to trailer the bikes to NM, I am fine with that, and we share expenses.
If I go alone I'd camp a 2-3 nights in pretty places, but not every night. With company we can discuss what makes sense - camping is not critical and I can skip it altogether.
Draft itinerary
This route has two complete NMBDR days plus some other unpaved riding the other days. I couldn't fit it in one week because I need 2 days to get there and back. Comments/feedback welcome!
I am starting to plan a week-long trip to NM in late May or early June. I am somewhat flexible with the dates but I probably don't want to go after mid June.
The idea would be to do a couple of sections of the NMBDR and the rest on paved roads. My thinking is that I have limited time and I a mostly interested in scenery more than tons of off-road travel - would want to pick the most beautiful sections of the NMBDR and skip the rest. My plan to is to ride from Dallas to Carlsbad or Cloudcroft and start the NM section of the trip there. Want to do the last section from Cuba to Antoñito and probably the one from Wilson to Reserve.
I welcome company - if you're interested let me know and we can plan together. My motorcycle will be my wr250r, so I can't do high-speed highway even to get to NM. If someone has a trailer and wants to trailer the bikes to NM, I am fine with that, and we share expenses.
If I go alone I'd camp a 2-3 nights in pretty places, but not every night. With company we can discuss what makes sense - camping is not critical and I can skip it altogether.
Draft itinerary
This route has two complete NMBDR days plus some other unpaved riding the other days. I couldn't fit it in one week because I need 2 days to get there and back. Comments/feedback welcome!
- Day 1 - Dallas/Plano to Mayhill - spend night at The Camp @ Cloudcroft
- Day 2 - Cloudcroft Loop - Spend night at Deerhead Campground (or similar) in Cloudcroft
- Day 3 - Cloudcroft leave for Alamogordo and Truth and Consequences - Stop at White Sands National Monument, Organ Mountain National Recreation Area, optionally Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (they close at 4pm)
- Day 4 - NMBDR NM3 ToC to Reserve - through Chloride - alternate route with more paved surfaces through forest
- Day 5 - Reserve to Cuba paved
- Day 6 - Cuba to Antoñito via NMBDR NM7
- Day 7 - Antoñito - Taos - Santa Fe
- Day 8 - Santa Fe to Plano
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