Day 7: Easy Rider Movie Location Tour – Farmington to Taos New Mexico

After breakfast we headed north east to Durango Colorado.

When they made the movie, they just bolted to Taos, with a piece of toast in their mouth while they drove, probably.    Who cares.    Peter and Dennis were hanging out in an RV, and the bikes were were in a panel Van, making miles.    We took the scenic route, up to Durango.

We spent our time, then headed east.   Found us a cool waterfall.

Up through Wolf Creek Pass

I couldn’t help but have this song in my head.    Like, the whole time.    My gift to humanity is useless trivia, and random thought.   I present CW McCall, Wolf Creek pass.   white person trucker rap, from 1975.   Give you an Idea of the road, anyway:

We rolled down from Wolf Creek Pass, and had lunch in a place I’m not sure the name of.     We turned south, somewhere.   We were hungry, and ate a gourmet meal at a greasy roadside shop.   I think I had a buffalo burger with jalapeno’s on the side.  And fries.

On our way into Taos, we stopped at a bridge crossing the Rio Grande river.    The weather was hot, and some of us had some Ice coffee at a hippy truck while it held out.   The rest of us had some some ice water and cokes.      My ass was sore, and needed a break.   Vendors and lots of bikes is all I remember.   This was memorial day weekend, and everyone was taking advantage of it.

Aussie John gave me a lot of pictures for this blog.   About 100 miles back, he also reminded me of good touring music.      I listened to this, as we rolled into Taos.    The desert was wide, the weather was good, and we were rolling 8 miles a minute, most of the time.  I knew that somewhere, I had deadlines and commitments.    I just didn’t have them now.   It was on the hotter side, but still…. a perfect day of riding.

We pulled into Taos, and I saw 2 spots from the movie on the way in,  that we’d see tomorrow.     I felt thrashed, but happier than hell.     What else would I rather be doing?    It was a hot day, and a long day and I fell asleep about as fast as I sat down.   This was the first of a string of 300 mile days.

Day 7 – Easy Rider Movie Location Tour – 280 Miles

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