Day 6 , does it always snow in the Rockies in the spring?

3/15/10
Miles 84
Ttl miles 94
Lbr hours 56
Location: KABQ

Well, I finally got Gretchen buttoned up and ready to ride. One thing that every bike that has major service needs to have done is a checkout ride. Cordell and I figured today would be a good day and we headed to Madrid (Movie: Wild Hogs).
Cool little town, but unfortunatly it started snowing when we arrived. By the time we finished our coffee, it was really coming down badly. The roads looked ok in town, but as we left, the roads took a significant turn for the worse. Wet, turned to slush, slush to mush, mush to white snow, white snow to very slick white snow....3 inches worth. Although it does not sound like much, on a bike it was absolute hell. I almost lost it once, but saved it due to experience. Cordell had a hell of a time on a bigger gs (R1200gs) similar to my old 1100, and fogging glasses. I had him just not wear them and follow my red coat...it worked and we were able to get out of the mountains relativly unscathed, though very unnerved. This experience now ranks first in my adventure dangerious stories file.

Got to base, Gretchen ran top notch, had dinner; oriental odurves, mounted the saddle bags and started getting ready for the trip to KC

Life was tough today...but gretchan ran....so some good came


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