Jeff, if I'm doing a saddlesore, scenery is not a primary concern, since I won't be stopping to smell the flowers anyway.
Here is another route I just worked up - would be MUCH more scenic but a little higher up the "difficulty scale": Taos to Farmington to Grand Junction to Vernal to Rock Springs to Cheyenne and then Denver. 1034 miles.
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=taos,+nm&daddr=farmington,+nm+to:grand+junction,+co+to:vernal,+ut+to:rock+springs,+wy+to:rawlins,+wy+to:41.1165642,-104.8727253+to:denver,+co&hl=en&ll=38.899583,-103.40332&spn=7.351306,14.227295&sll=40.853293,-105.165253&sspn=0.893314,1.778412&geocode=FdCHKwIdNhW1-Smx_BF_2mQXhzGCt6lhg5HqkA%3BFfpsMAIdwraM-SnHfgytAI87hzEaTlM7trEjyA%3BFT4RVAIdB6aH-SlXcOci49ZGhzFWfL_OUfRjzA%3BFVxNaQIdVLl4-SmLj8GjR2JFhzHcJMG7bwCkog%3BFQiTegIdKLJ9-SkZi8L16FhahzFwNzAngf4lBw%3BFV6ufQId-aqb-SkJ3vRPlU5chzET_JW_aqQgPA%3BFZRjcwId68S_-SnPtdH0LzBvhzGeOLXDlTSoIQ%3BFd9YXgIdcg---SnPFx8jqoBrhzHWNoon-PSOEQ&mra=dpe&mrsp=6&sz=10&via=6&t=m&z=7
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On Wed, 6/4/14, JEFF WALTERS <jeffswalters@msn.com> wrote:
Subject: RE: [emrat:4839] Triumphs in Taos - Saddlesore 1000?
To: "emrat@googlegroups.com" <emrat@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 11:00 AM
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#yiv7420042637 Martin,
You've gotta take Hwy
14 from Sante Fe down to Albuquerque. This way you go
through Madrid - a great place to go
through for motorcycles and more scenic than being on I25.
> Date: Wed, 4
Jun 2014 09:51:25 -0700
> From:
emrat@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE:
[emrat:4838] Triumphs in Taos - Saddlesore 1000?
> To: emrat@googlegroups.com
>
> Just Googling around
this morning and came up with a tentative route:
>
>
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=taos,+nm&daddr=Socorro,+NM+to:roswell,+nm+to:Lubbock,+TX+to:Amarillo,+TX+to:lamar,+co+to:Denver,+CO&hl=en&ll=37.666429,-106.611328&spn=7.476904,14.227295&sll=36.75649,-101.392822&sspn=7.56736,14.227295&geocode=FdCHKwIdNhW1-Smx_BF_2mQXhzGCt6lhg5HqkA%3BFaCwBwIdaPeg-SkBlH8Nw04ghzGk5s-iaubu0w%3BFVmO_QEd8BrF-SlV7axlE2XihjF-18905Asb5A%3BFYdbAAIdQtDt-Sk53X3TrRL-hjGHQugiKQTwGg%3BFe1xGQIdfy3u-SkDz0Wy1EgBhzGv0jZoHNHz0A%3BFT8qRQIdsiHi-SkDNRSX9CUMhzEPiopvA3B5Sw%3BFd9YXgIdcg---SnPFx8jqoBrhzHWNoon-PSOEQ&oq=socor&mra=ls&t=m&z=7
>
> The reason I went
with this route was because, assuming we depart Taos ~ 5am,
this puts us into Denver by around midnight.
>
> I HATE riding in
Deer Country after dark. Since Deer aren't as numerous
out on the plains as they are in the mountains, I figured a
Plains route would be somewhat safer (this is why, for
example, I didn't choose a route that had us going West
towards Flagstaff and then returning via US 160 and US 285.
While that would be more scenic it would also, IMO, be more
dangerous especially after dark.)
>
> I also wanted to avoid urban areas as much
as possible which is why this route does not go up I-25.
I've been in too many slow-moving traffic jams on I-25
between Pueblo and Fort Collins to want to risk that.
>
> Any
input/tips/suggestions would be welcome!
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>
>
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> On Wed, 6/4/14, JEFF WALTERS
<jeffswalters@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Subject: RE: [emrat:4837] Triumphs in
Taos - Saddlesore 1000?
> To:
"emrat@googlegroups.com"
<emrat@googlegroups.com>
> Date:
Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 10:44 AM
>
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> #yiv8236850554 I've
> done 1500 in 3 days before. I would like
to do a trip to the
> west coast and
back but like you, not sure when I will have
> the time with work and all.
>
> > Date: Wed,
4 Jun 2014 09:36:38
> -0700
> > From: emrat@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: [emrat:4836] Triumphs in
Taos -
> Saddlesore 1000?
> > To:
>
emrat@googlegroups.com
> >
> > I put this out at the RAT meeting
last
> night, but I thought I'd go
ahead and throw it out on
> the
Googlegroup as well.
> >
> > Doing an "Iron Butt" ride
has
> been on my "bucket list"
for years. Most of the
> last few years
I have either not had the time or not had a
> suitable bike for such a ride but now
that I have the
> Beemer, I think
I've got the perfect mount for a long
> distance ride.
>
>
> >
>
(Actually, it was Steve and Capt. Bob's presentation
> about the "Three Flags" ride
they did last year
> that really kindled
my interest in finally doing a ride like
> this, so in a way they're the ones to
blame for me
> getting a BMW!!! :) )
> >
> > For
those not familiar, "Iron
>
Butt" rides are rides certified by the Iron Butt
> Association of long-distance riders.
There are two
> "introductory"
rides to the Iron Butt Association,
>
the Saddlesore 1000, 1000 miles in 24 hours or less, and
> the Bunburner 1500, 1500 miles in 36
hours or less.
> >
> >
>
http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm?CFID=5433804&CFTOKEN=11457233
> >
> > Anyway,
I'm
> taking both Friday and Monday
off for the T in T ride in
> September,
and I think it would be possible to work a SS1000
> or even a BB1500 at either the beginning
or the end of the
> ride.
> >
> >
I'm
> just putting out this
"feeler" to see if there
>
might be anyone else interested in joining me. I've
> only just started planning, looking at
routes, times, etc,
> but I figure I may
not be the only one in the group
>
who's been wanting to do such a ride for a while.
> >
> > Anyway,
email me if
> you're interested in
going!
> >
>
> Martin
> >
>
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