Sunday, June 18, 2006
Favorite Motorcycle Ride
For one of the most beautiful – and most lonesome – motorcycle rides in the continental United States, head north on highway 54 out of Van Horn, Texas. Past the Beach and Baylor Mountains, past the shadowy Diablo range, the rider is pulled northward towards Guadalupe Peak – at 8749, the highest mountain in Texas. The road twists and turns and heads upwards into the mountains after highway 62 joins in from the west. What I generally like do is to continue on to Whites City, NM, which is the nearest place to gas up. While there, I visit Carlsbad Caverns and then, with a full tank of gas and a good meal under my belt, I head back south to Guadalupe Mountains National Park. In the Guadalupes, the hike in to McKittrick Canyon is spectacular any time of the year but especially so in the fall – nowhere else in Texas can one find a place where the colorful hues of the maples, oaks and madrones are matched by the beautiful native rainbow trout in the stream.
Matt Walter
Historian/Curator
Museum of the Big Bend
Alpine
Our thanks go out to Matt for his "My Favorite Place" blog entry. We're sending him a Texas Heritage Trails travel diary with our appreciation! If you'd like to write a blog entry and receive your own free travel diary, email us at info@texasmountaintrail.org!
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