Mesa Hopping
“It was a great ride!” That is my best summation of the couple of hours spent riding in the Truth or Consequences area with friends Kit and Staci on Saturday September 3, 2011. It seems every time I find myself on I25, anywhere between Caballo Lake and Socorro you can expect me to say “boy I wish I could ride out here, what a great place to explore..” Randy has heard that I’m sure more times than he wishes. The landscape is so enticing - what great mesas, valleys and canyons! I wish every time to be able to explore the area on horseback. Saturday Dee and I did just that and it was awesome….SHE was awesome! The trip to Kit’s should have been fairly quick – by car at speed limits maybe a bit under 1.5hrs. I figured pulling the trailer it would be 1hr, 45mins max. Of course, I did not take into account that the Hatch Chili Festival was starting that morning, causing Dee and I to be in our first parade! (well, they were closing the roads behind me and all the people were alre