{"id":610,"date":"2018-08-12T03:01:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T03:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=610"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:59:53","slug":"new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/08\/12\/new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-616\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6074-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6074-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6074-600-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo ops abound in New Mexico. They have at least four different license plate themes. It&#8217;s cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wow, we are enjoying our travels here in the Land of Enchantment. \u00a0 Every where we&#8217;ve been, the roads have been awesome and the photo ops have been amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we were up near the Colorado border in the little town of Aztec, New Mexico, and we came across a National Park Service Native American ruins site.\u00a0 I never heard of Aztec, I certainly never heard of the ruins there, and the roads were amazing.\u00a0 We stopped for a few photos, and then it was on to Colorado.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-613\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-613\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6013-600-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6013-600-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6013-600-600-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A kiva, a large multipurpose room. It was cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-615\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-615\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6047-800-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6047-800-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6047-800-600-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A storm on the horizon&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-614\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-614\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6026-800-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6026-800-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6026-800-600-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As we viewed the ruins, thunder boomed. It added to the mood. It was a great stop. Sometimes the unplanned ones are the best.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-612\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-612\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6010-650-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6010-650-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180810_6010-650-600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view through an ancient Native American door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mesa Verde is coming up next, but that&#8217;s a topic for another blog.<\/p>\n<p>More cool stuff&#8230;it seems my friend Dan the K is planning a trip to the northwest territories on his 250cc RX3, I invited myself along, and Dan told me that&#8217;s great. \u00a0 It looks like Gresh may ride with us for at least part of the run, too. \u00a0 All adventure motorcycle tours are great; I believe the ones on 250cc bikes are even more so. \u00a0 We&#8217;ll include you in the planning for this ride, and you&#8217;ll be able to read all about it on the ExhaustNotes.us blog.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<style>\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-select,\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-input {\r\n            width: 171px;\r\n            min-width: 171px;\r\n            max-width: 171px;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style><div class='wpedon-container wpedon-align-center'><form target='_blank' action='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr' method='post' class='wpedon-form'><input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_donations' \/><input type='hidden' name='business' value='ExNotes@ExhaustNotes.us' \/><input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value='USD' \/><input type='hidden' name='notify_url' value='https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-post.php?action=add_wpedon_button_ipn'><input type='hidden' name='lc' value='en_US'><input type='hidden' name='bn' value='WPPlugin_SP'><input type='hidden' name='return' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='cancel_return' value='' \/><input class='wpedon_paypalbuttonimage' type='image' src='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif' border='0' name='submit' alt='Make your payments with PayPal. 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