Looking forward to riding today! Yeah. Well, that was the plan. Steady winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50. Not riding in that! For some examples of the wind, check out this caution tape:

And these flags at Eagle Nest – they’re not starched that way!

Went to Eagle Nest to check out some eagles that were on display, a golden and bald. A rescue center was showing them. Pretty cool! Here’s the Golden:

Here’s the Bald:

And another shot of the Bald:

After that (and fighting the wind, almost losing my hat three times), check out Eagle Nest Lake State Park. You now, in my experience so far, New Mexico has some really great trails, and some really beautiful vistas up here in the mountains, but their people are not very hospitable, at least not any that work for or with any government entity that we have encountered. It’s almost like they don’t really want tourists. Well, after another few days we’ll be happy to oblige. Easy enough to go to places where we’re more than welcome without crossing New Mexico. Everyone we have met in private enterprise is delighted to see us, mind you, it’s just all those folks who are in charge of a lot of the public land we’d like to visit who have been less than welcoming. Oh, well, their loss.