The Roadtrip:
Started out on Wednesday around 2:30pm from Albuquerque, NM riding down to Elephant Butte, NM. Using I25 we were able to make some good time. Along the way we ran into a speed trap put together by the NM State Police. (luckily we were not on the interstate at the time) As we crossed over the bridge to enter I25 we passed a unit shooting radar up the interstate, as we made the turn onto the access ramp there were two more units.. one heading down the ramp and the second waiting to go. We entered the interstate and passed around 8 more units all having cars pulled over. We kept our speed down and moved along.
Stopped at a rest area to stretch the legs and then headed back on the road. I excellerated up and lost WAG... seems he forgot to buckle his helmet on. I pulled into a weigh station and waited for him to catch up. He caught up and away we went... not 5 miles down the road a State unit passed us heading the other way, no issue and we rolled on. Then all of a sudden this white SUV passes us.. then the State unit comes up an brakes. The unit sits in the left lane next us and behind the white SUV... lights go on and the SUV is pulled over. This is the kinda luck we had whole trip, saw lots of police but none of them bothered with us. Good mojo!!!
We arrived at Elephant Butte and stayed the night. Next morning we packed up the bikes and rode out. We went down I25 to Caballo and took Hwy 152 West out through Silver City, NM (passing two more NM State units along they way) and the Hwy 90 down to Lordsburg (passing two local Sheriffs and had one tail us for a little bit). At this point we had to get on I10 to continue the trip to Tucson, AZ. Passed a couple more units along the way, but no major issues. Except maybe the semi driver with the cell phone attached to his ear that pulled in on us. We just let off the throttle avoided the trailer and when safe passed him (we let him know he was number one in our book as we passed).
Arriving Tucson and finding my Cousin's house was fun. We had passed the exit, but didn't know it, so we ended up riding to the other end of Tucson before consulting the map and backtracking.
While in Tucson we rode out to Bisbee, Tombstone and the Biosphere II (not biodome, the guide was very adament about this).
The is was time to ride back. We used the same route and the only excitement was the road and the wind along the interstate.
It was a great ride and much needed to relieve the stress we both were feeling.
Thanks WAG is was a great time... next time maybe we should take the Wif's... LOL
Started out on Wednesday around 2:30pm from Albuquerque, NM riding down to Elephant Butte, NM. Using I25 we were able to make some good time. Along the way we ran into a speed trap put together by the NM State Police. (luckily we were not on the interstate at the time) As we crossed over the bridge to enter I25 we passed a unit shooting radar up the interstate, as we made the turn onto the access ramp there were two more units.. one heading down the ramp and the second waiting to go. We entered the interstate and passed around 8 more units all having cars pulled over. We kept our speed down and moved along.
Stopped at a rest area to stretch the legs and then headed back on the road. I excellerated up and lost WAG... seems he forgot to buckle his helmet on. I pulled into a weigh station and waited for him to catch up. He caught up and away we went... not 5 miles down the road a State unit passed us heading the other way, no issue and we rolled on. Then all of a sudden this white SUV passes us.. then the State unit comes up an brakes. The unit sits in the left lane next us and behind the white SUV... lights go on and the SUV is pulled over. This is the kinda luck we had whole trip, saw lots of police but none of them bothered with us. Good mojo!!!
We arrived at Elephant Butte and stayed the night. Next morning we packed up the bikes and rode out. We went down I25 to Caballo and took Hwy 152 West out through Silver City, NM (passing two more NM State units along they way) and the Hwy 90 down to Lordsburg (passing two local Sheriffs and had one tail us for a little bit). At this point we had to get on I10 to continue the trip to Tucson, AZ. Passed a couple more units along the way, but no major issues. Except maybe the semi driver with the cell phone attached to his ear that pulled in on us. We just let off the throttle avoided the trailer and when safe passed him (we let him know he was number one in our book as we passed).
Arriving Tucson and finding my Cousin's house was fun. We had passed the exit, but didn't know it, so we ended up riding to the other end of Tucson before consulting the map and backtracking.
While in Tucson we rode out to Bisbee, Tombstone and the Biosphere II (not biodome, the guide was very adament about this).
The is was time to ride back. We used the same route and the only excitement was the road and the wind along the interstate.
It was a great ride and much needed to relieve the stress we both were feeling.
Thanks WAG is was a great time... next time maybe we should take the Wif's... LOL
