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On Day 2 of the Great Ride, Roomie and I had coffee at the The Bean, a coffee house just through a little gate from the hotel parking lot. The coffee was decent, far better than the included-in-the-price-breakfast-coffee back in the hotel's dining room.
After fueling myself so, and the bike with hi-test, Roomie and I parted ways once more. She took the high road through Talpa to Chimayó to Dixon, while I went over the Gorge, over the pass, and down along the Rio Chama basin to NM 96, which goes from the red bluffs above Lake Abiquíu to Cuba,NM. At the top of the pass, all the leaves had fallen off the aspen, but dropping down into the Chama Basin, the entire valley glowed gold. Also, a herd of deer ran alongside me as I weaved my through the mountains. I slowed down since I wasn't sure whether they were going to dart in front of me, as they have been known to do. At the gas station in Tierra Amarilla (I think there is only one), I spoke with an older gentleman whom I had passed on the pass. In Cuba, I managed to leave my credit card at the gas station, which recorded that I filled up three hours after leaving Taos.
I arrived home a couple of hours before Roomie, having clocked about 250 miles to her 100miles or so.
Posted by Underblog at November 12, 2007 5:47 PM
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