Day 1:

• We wanted to be off the road by noon-time.
• If it weren't for the midday heat, we could bike this route all the from Abiquiu to Cuba, NM.
• We planned and did stop at in Santa Fe National Forest to spend the night (Wild Camp).
• We planned extra water for the overnight, however we could have bought some at the Coyote Store.
• The cycling part of the journey had no tall passes, but an easy all day climb.
• We carried books to read during the hot part of the day and we sat in the shade of tall Ponderosas.
• It did rain that night with lightning sky rumbles, no strikes near us.

Day 1 - Abiquiu, through Abiquiu Lake, Youngsville, and Coyote, to a Santa Fe National Forest Wild Camp

Above Left: A full moon is setting.

Above Right: The Bee is loaded and ready to go.

Above Left: We were westbound on US-84 and the turn-off for WY-96 is ahead on the left.

Above Right: We turned on WY-96 and that is Abiquiu Lake in the background. We still have long early morning shadows.

Above Left: The east shore turn-off for Abiquiu Lake - We're going straight.

Above Right: Southbound on WY-96.

Above Left: Sign for Abiquiu Lake Sites, including the visitor's center from yesterday's tour.

Above Right: The visitor's center on the right and the dam road ahead.

Above Left: We're on the dam and feeling some wind.

Above Right: Looking northwest across Abiquiu Lake.

Above: We had turned east again on WY-96.

Above Left: East on WY-96.

Above Right: Our bridge ahead to cross Cañones Creek.

Above: Cañones Creek. There is a town called Cañones up this creek.

Above Left: Our view northwest.

Above Right: Our view southwest.

Above Left: East on NM-96.

Above Right: Roadside Sunflowers.

Above: East on NM-96.

Above Left: Looking southwest.

Above Right: South on NM-96.

Above Left: Looking southwest.

Above Right: South on NM-96.

Above Left: Looking northwest.

Above Right: South on NM-96.

Above Left: Looking northwest.

Above Right: Looking southwest, entering Youngsville.

Above Left: Entering Youngsville.

Above Right: Coyote in 3 miles.

Above: Heading east for red rock country.

Above Left: Mushroom Caps.

Above Right: Sneaking a picture of the Captain.

Above Left: When you see it.

Above Left: Shades of RED!

Above Right: Westbound on NM-96.

Above Left: Passing through Coyote and a Gas Station with a small Grocery Store.

Above Right: Gallina in 14 miles, however we were only going about 11 more miles today.

Above Left: RANCH ROJO (Red Ranch).

Above Right: Looking northwest.

Above: Heading west and looking at white rock (probably gypsum).

Above Left: We had been climbing since leaving Abiquiu; we had climbed up to the beginnings of a forest line.

Above Right: Santa Fe National Forest, Coyote District: We checked to see if they had any BLM Maps, they have some that they use but their BLM Maps are not for public distribution. The Ranger did let us look at her BLM Map but we wanted to see beyond Cuba and her map stopped at Cuba.

Above Left: The Flag was at Half-Mast.

Above Right: That's the direction that we were headed and we were inside Santa Fe National Forest.

Above: More Trees, it is always nice to ride in the trees. We've gained a little elevation and it is a little cooler

Above: We were looking to camp near Gallina Pass (about 2 miles this side of Gallina, NM). We were looking for the forest road(s) for NF 76, 461, or 103.

Above Left: Bingo, we found NF-76 and NF-103. We turned left.

Above Right: We picked up a hitch hiker. We just left the butterfly alone and it hung around for about 10 minutes. We had plenty of time to set up camp and eat. We walked around looking for a good place to pitch the tent and keep it in the shade.

Above Left: We picked our site wisely to keep the tent in the shadow of the evening's setting sun. However we got fresh sap on the tent from that tree next to Terry.

Above Right: A semi-naked Bee.

Above Left: The Cook was in the Kitchen!

Above Right: Long shadows, plenty of light remaining, everything was clean and put away, so we each read a books that we carried.

- We had an easy day of it and everything went right.
- It rained that night. We expected rain but it came long after we had gone to sleep.