user500r
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My long time friend Matt mentioned that we was going to take a month or so to travel the southwest and visit some friends and family on the way.
We started June 19th and I got back to Austin on June 27th covering 2776.1 miles
Austin to Durango
The first day we went from Austin to Roswell through the West Texas blowtorch. With highs expected be at 106 I was not looking forward to the this at all. Between Big Spring and Brownfield the intake temperature at 70+ mph was reading 114. Luckily, on advice from @Madhatter I purchased a cooling vest a few days before the trip. This made those temperatures tolerable. After a lot of heat and a lot of breaks we made it to Roswell for the night
The next day we got a fairly late start after recovering from the 510 or so miles to Roswell. The first part of the day we were fighting a 35 mph with gusts to I don't know what for the first part of the day. I was leaning a good 15 degrees to stay on the rode. Once we go past Clines Corner things mellowed out a lot and then the final leg of the day, Chama to Durango, we finally hit some pleasant riding.
Durango
We met up with a friend that lives in Durango and had a place to stay for a couple nights. The first day of riding we took it pretty easy and took a route that my friend takes that took us by the Vallecito and Lemon Reservoirs. I braved a swim in the chilly Lemon Reservoir. I was happy for relatively easy day with temperature in the low to mid 80s after covering more than 900 miles the previous two days.
The following day we did the million dollar highway loop which was gorgeous and not nearly as scary as I imagined it would be.
We started June 19th and I got back to Austin on June 27th covering 2776.1 miles
Austin to Durango
The first day we went from Austin to Roswell through the West Texas blowtorch. With highs expected be at 106 I was not looking forward to the this at all. Between Big Spring and Brownfield the intake temperature at 70+ mph was reading 114. Luckily, on advice from @Madhatter I purchased a cooling vest a few days before the trip. This made those temperatures tolerable. After a lot of heat and a lot of breaks we made it to Roswell for the night
The next day we got a fairly late start after recovering from the 510 or so miles to Roswell. The first part of the day we were fighting a 35 mph with gusts to I don't know what for the first part of the day. I was leaning a good 15 degrees to stay on the rode. Once we go past Clines Corner things mellowed out a lot and then the final leg of the day, Chama to Durango, we finally hit some pleasant riding.
Durango
We met up with a friend that lives in Durango and had a place to stay for a couple nights. The first day of riding we took it pretty easy and took a route that my friend takes that took us by the Vallecito and Lemon Reservoirs. I braved a swim in the chilly Lemon Reservoir. I was happy for relatively easy day with temperature in the low to mid 80s after covering more than 900 miles the previous two days.
The following day we did the million dollar highway loop which was gorgeous and not nearly as scary as I imagined it would be.