Day 13: Tierra Amarilla, NM to Taos, NM (78 bike miles)

Forget about the Continental Divide... Today was going to be the real challenge!!!!! We would be climbing over 3,000 ft to the Brazlo pass, which is at elevation 10,500 ft!

Charlie "effortlessly climbing the mountain. Our indominable SAG driver, Martha played possum and hit each of us with snow balls as we rode by.

Finally, we reached the Pass and it would be downhill (mostly) from here.

We are now out of the snow, but when we got down around 7000 ft el., we would hit a head wind for the last 20 miles to TAOS. OUCH!! About 10 miles from Taos, I passed Earthship which is a community of passive solar heated homes. There are Spaceship communities in over 40 countries. They give tours but it was getting late and I was looking forward to being finished for the day.

The next treat was reaching the Rio Grande Gorge, which was over 800 ft deep. It was quite a spectacular sight. While it looks like only a ribbon of water, there is white water rafting that takes place in this area.