From the desert to the snow covered mountains

[TangoUniform]

Twas a balmy mornin' and we decided to hit the road for a warmer climate..I needed to get around 600 miles on my new GS..it was 51 degree's in my garage...

25 degree's outside.

Alas, some high speed dirt through one of the local Native American reservations..

A sweet little stabbin' cabin...

I wonder how many knuckle children were made here??

Uh oh, trouble just pulled up..

How would you like to have your foot caught in a trap then have your head bashed in with a 2x4? What a shame for $300...

The ride through the Gallinas Mountains was spectacular..

My buddy on his HP2 with the 11 gallon African Queen tank

A nice view of the Datil Mountains..

The trouble began right here......

Try picking this ol' girl up in the snow covered ice..by yourself.

The left side started getting jealous, so I had to oblige..

The HP2 wasn't any treat either to pick up..

It's hard to see the how steep the road was in the pics...traction was almost nil..

Finally made it to the top of the Magdalena Mountain, only to discover more snow on the South face too..

This scene was repeated more times than I like to admit..

We just about gave up since we went only 20 miles in 4.5 hours...

 

[GrinningGSer]

Respect... what fab photos and a great way to christen a brand new bike with 24 miles

 

[MikeP]

Yep, what he said.

 

[garfield]

thanks for sharing....

 

[Mav]

Great shots - looks like a stunning part of the world to live in.

 

[Jockser]

Good man, that's the right way to treat those GSA's

Looks like you had fun

 

[earthmover]

That was looking like fun, right up to about picture 12.
Like your style.
Mark

 

[(RIP) petcul]

Great stuff. Thanks for brightening a grey day here.

 

[TangoUniform]

I FINALLY GOT TO COMPLETE MY DIRT RIDE TO SILVER CITY..

Since my first attempt was foiled by the evil white stuff, two weeks ago we completed to trip to Silver City, NM.

This time I suckered 6 others to join..

We had a German, Cypriot, Argentinian, Mexican and three gringos.

Since the Cypriot had never been off road on his Tiger, we decided to do a mellow ride on the forest service roads.

The bikes included 2 GS's, an Adventure, F650GS x 2, Tiger and a KTM Adventure.

The rolling hills were so inviting, we would just blast off to the top.

When we reached this area, the scenary went from desert to wooded forest immediately.

 

[TangoUniform]

 

[Ash]

fantastic.

 

[TangoUniform]

We finally reached Silver City and found the only restaurant open on Easter Sunday...

After dinner we were all buzzed up and came back to the motel to find a flat...

Monday morning it was coooooolld!!.

Here is the Phelps Dodge copper mine..that's right, in Silver City.

This is the flag at Fort Craig, New Mexico..this was a horrible place to be especially since the Union Army was attacking this Confederate fort as well as Apache Indians..this place is in the middle of the desert and water wa sscarce...all I can say is "why?"

 

[Gazzabart]

fantastic

fantastic pics you are very lucky to have that type of roads near you
post some more pics if you get the chance

 

[macey2kk]

amazing pix lads

 

[garfield]

these pics get better every time.....