Upcoming Rides


	The Chile Pedaler Newsletter Official Newsletter for THE New Mexico Tandem Club October, 2002 Edited by dede Collins Santa Fe, New Mexico Phone 505-982-8846

Upcoming Rides:

This Month’s Ride

Alternate Ride on Sunday

Friday Rides

Trinity Sites Ride - Nov. 2, 2002

For more rides for all bikes: http://www.swcp.com/~russells/nmts

This Month's Ride: October 11-12, 2002

The High Road to Taos (South Version)

Date: Saturday, October 12th and/or Friday, October 11th (See Below)

Time:9:30 AM for the Saturday ride.
2:30 PM for the Friday ride.

Location: Rancho de Chimayo Restaurant in Chimayo New Mexico.
From Albuquerque take I-25 north to Santa Fe and then north on US 84/285. You can either turn right on NM 503 at Pojoaque and take the back road with a left on NM 520 or continue to Espanola and take a left on NM 76.

Contact: Janet & Joe Vertrees
(505) 281-6938
mailto://Vertrees@aps.edu

Janet and I are going up for an afternoon ride around Santa Cruz Reservoir on Friday. We then will stay over in Chimayo for the Club Ride on Saturday. Anyone who is interested is welcomed to join us for the Friday ride or come up a little later for a nice dinner. It’s a beautiful part of the state and there are a number of B&B’s in Chimayo. If you plan to dine with us you should RSVP so we know to expect you and get reservations. We are planning dinner at Rancho de Chimayo Restaurant.

Saturday’s ride is an out and back along NM 76. There are a number of small towns along the way and people can choose their turn-around point. A round trip to Penasco is around 53 miles and is our tentative destination.

Possible accommodations if you want to overnight:
Hacienda Rancho de Chimayo (This is where we are staying)
(505) 351-2222
Casa Escondida
(800) 643-7201
La Posada de Chimayo
(505) 351-4605
Rancho Manzana
(505) 351-2227

Alternate Rides on the 4th Sunday
Grand Poobah

The Chile Pedalers Sunday rides are every 4th Sunday of the month.

This month the Sunday ride is October 27, 2002

TIME: 9:30 AM

CONTACT: dede Collins or Dennis Cooper, 505-982-8846

WHERE TO MEET: Ride from San Felipe Casino parking lot toward Albuquerque. We decide length, route, and turn around point after everyone gets there

Alternate Rides on Alternating Fridays Even # Weeks

Weather permitting there will be alternating Friday rides (even # weeks).Weather permitting means there is no snow for cross-country skiing and it's warm enough for us fair-weather riders, and most problematic, work permitting.

The easiest way to tell is check

http://www.swcp.com/~russells/nmts/calendar.htm

for the Friday ride. It shows up on Wed or Thurs.

Eric D. Russell Phone:505-844-3679
edrusse@sandia.gov


	Trinity Site – Sat. Nov. 2^nd Time: 7:45 am Contact: Kay Dwyer/Paul Matthews 268-9309 X, 38 or 72 miles, 1-3. Ride meeting place is the Owl Café, San Antonio, 10 miles south of Socorro. All riders sign in at the Owl Café and sign waivers. The 72-mile riders will leave from there. The 38-mile riders will drive to the Stallion Gate, where they will begin their ride. We will all regroup at the Stallion Gate before entering White Sands Missile Base. You MUST come with proper identification to enter White Sands. This means a photo ID that you must carry on your person while on White Sands. There is no food or water along the route, so come prepared. Port-a-johns are available at the gate and at the Trinity Site. The ride will go to Ground Zero / Trinity Site only. We will not be able to visit the ranch house this year. Trinity is the site of the first atomic bomb explosion in 1945 and is normally closed to the public. Through the kindness of Jim Eckles we are a "special group" that is allowed access to the site. Riders must not leave the road due to the presence of unexploded ordnance. There is no vehicular traffic after the Stallion Gate. There is some uphill elevation going to the gate and obviously downhill on the return. Once on the base, the road is virtually flat. The scenery is wonderful, as the area has not been grazed since 1945. We need a general head count so please email Kay & Paul at bentriders@comcast.net Since there is always the outside chance of that a hiccup (AKA a government mission) could be scheduled for our ride day, check the ride line (237-9700) before leaving for the ride in case of a last minute cancellation. This is a combined ride of the NM Touring Society, the Chile Pedallers Tandem Club and ROAR Recumbent Group.

That’s all Folks!

This Page Last Updated October 4, 2002 by dede Collins