Life is Good in New Mexico

New Mexico Land of Enchantment

I lost the first blog. Just learning how it works. I think it is backed up somewhere. I am looking for it. Here is a picture I was modeling for the Wild Wilderness Women back in 2012.

This picture shows the road which I had just rode up. There are two great switchbacks to climb.

A look out over Vermejo Park Ranch.

This is a picture two bears out for a morning stroll that I rode upon.

Nancy at the charcoal ovens that are on Vermejo Park Ranch.

I rode US Forest Road 1950 to the Cimarron Campground and back.

Life is good in New Mexico, Land of Enchantment.

Introduction Oak Blackheart Mountain Biker

Oak Blackheart Mountain Biker 

Citizen of the World

Right now I live on the Vermejo Park Ranch which is in Northern New Mexico. The Vermejo River runs through the ranch. I enjoy mountain bike rides along the river and above the river valley. Indians would set their teepees on the knees above the river. You can still see some of the sites where stones formed semi-circles (teepee circles). The word vermejo is an old Spanish word representing the color red, the river would be in the spring and early summer with the snow melt. I followed the river up to the end of the ranch property in Colorado. There are steep climbs and fast downhill along the way.

There are bison, elk, mule deer, black bear, mountain loins, bobcats, wild turkey and many other smaller animals. Not to forget the feral horses.