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SILVER Star
Howdy folks,
I was planning on heading south for Isabelle's spring break which is the week of 3/30/20. The south is heating up and getting windier so figured I'd head there now.
If you have some suggestions, please post up but for now, I'm planning on going to the City of Rocks state park. If you're wanting to join, let me know. I'll be taking the popup camper on this trip and setup base camp at the campground then may day runs. As of now, I'll take 4/2 & 4/3 PTO and have a four day weekend.
I have driven through City of Rocks a while ago and thought it was a place worth exploring. Silver City is only 30 miles away so that cool town could be added as a day trip. We'll be bringing our MTBs and there's plenty of hiking potential in the area as well. I was hoping to leave after work on Wed, 4/1/20 and it's a four drive from Tijeras with longer day light hours, we can easily arrive at the camp site before it gets dark.
The COMM for this trip and all of my trip is 2M HAM radios. If you're planning on arriving later in the eve, you'll need to contact me via the Megalink repeater system as I don't really know if cell signal reaches the CG. Or just show up then look for me or the group
Feel free to show up any of the days/eves after your work. You'll need a hand held radio for our day trips if you want to participate but it's not a requirement.
This isn't really a "wheeling" trip but rather, get your camping gear ironed out for the season kind of trip. The subsequent camping/wheeling trips will be coming more frequently! Maybe hit the REI garage sale in March?
We'll be taking the back roads on our way home on Sunday. I try to avoid the interstate as much as possible, when I'm not on a schedule.
Meeting spot for convoying down on Wed is this Subway off of Gibson and I-25
1306 Gibson Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Meeting Time: 3:30 (EST)
Potential side trips:
Faywood hot springs is down the road.
faywoodhotsprings.com
Gila Cliff dwelling National Monument is in the area and worth checking out for folks who have never been
www.nps.gov
Mogollon ghost town is also in the area. If they're open for the season, I'd like to go there on our way home on Sunday.
Accuweather predicts temps in the high 60s, low 70s for Silver City during this time frame.
www.emnrd.state.nm.us
I was planning on heading south for Isabelle's spring break which is the week of 3/30/20. The south is heating up and getting windier so figured I'd head there now.
If you have some suggestions, please post up but for now, I'm planning on going to the City of Rocks state park. If you're wanting to join, let me know. I'll be taking the popup camper on this trip and setup base camp at the campground then may day runs. As of now, I'll take 4/2 & 4/3 PTO and have a four day weekend.
I have driven through City of Rocks a while ago and thought it was a place worth exploring. Silver City is only 30 miles away so that cool town could be added as a day trip. We'll be bringing our MTBs and there's plenty of hiking potential in the area as well. I was hoping to leave after work on Wed, 4/1/20 and it's a four drive from Tijeras with longer day light hours, we can easily arrive at the camp site before it gets dark.
The COMM for this trip and all of my trip is 2M HAM radios. If you're planning on arriving later in the eve, you'll need to contact me via the Megalink repeater system as I don't really know if cell signal reaches the CG. Or just show up then look for me or the group
Feel free to show up any of the days/eves after your work. You'll need a hand held radio for our day trips if you want to participate but it's not a requirement.This isn't really a "wheeling" trip but rather, get your camping gear ironed out for the season kind of trip. The subsequent camping/wheeling trips will be coming more frequently! Maybe hit the REI garage sale in March?
We'll be taking the back roads on our way home on Sunday. I try to avoid the interstate as much as possible, when I'm not on a schedule.
Meeting spot for convoying down on Wed is this Subway off of Gibson and I-25
1306 Gibson Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Meeting Time: 3:30 (EST)
Potential side trips:
Faywood hot springs is down the road.
Faywood Hot Springs Oasis in the Desert
Faywood Hot Mineral Spring Public & Private Pools a rustic natural geothermal resort in southwestern New Mexico,We offer Camping, RV sites and Cabins
faywoodhotsprings.com
Gila Cliff dwelling National Monument is in the area and worth checking out for folks who have never been
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one...
Mogollon ghost town is also in the area. If they're open for the season, I'd like to go there on our way home on Sunday.
Accuweather predicts temps in the high 60s, low 70s for Silver City during this time frame.
City of Rocks State Park - State Parks
www.emnrd.state.nm.us
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