Last night we decided to skip Route 50 west to Pueblo and instead to head southwest directly to Santa Fe. This route took us through Kansas to Oklahoma and then to New Mexico.
The first part of the trip was much like yesterday, long stretches of farmland and ranches. Once we crossed into New Mexico it all changed. Off in the distance we could see the mountains, the road got a bit curvy and gradually changed elevations. Late morning we stopped in Conway N.M. at a small cafe. While we were eating a guy stopped at our table and asked if we were the guys on Harleys. It seems that Cherif lost his spare helmet (both of us have a nice weather half helmet and a bad weather full helmet) and this guy picked it up and chased us for several miles to return it. Nice guy, nice story.
As we continued towards Santa Fe, the mountains got bigger and the elevations higher. The vistas were sometimes breathtaking. We climbed to over 7000 feet before we landed here. We will spend 2 nights here and will explore Santa Fe tomorrow. It is the first of our Route 66 revisits.
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| As soon as we crossed into New Mexico, the mountains appeared on the horizon |
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| ...and they just got bigger |
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| We did a lot of climbing |
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| The views here are spectacular |
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