Stretching our legs at Texas Canyon rest stop on I-10

Breakfast call at Kranberry's in Lordsburg - Always a good meal to be found here

Stretching our legs after fueling up in Las Cruces, NM

Be one with the force Charles!

Kent Lash and David Locke in Las Cruces

On top of the workd in Cloudcroft, NM. Yes that is snow on the ground and yes it was cold, 36 degrees to be exact

David Locke and Barry Covard having some fun

The town of Cloudcroft is a peaceful community located in the mountains above Alamogordo. Look at the flag in the background, yep it was a windy weekend. Here, Barry Covard and Mike Sangster make their way to the few little shops to get out of the cold

Some of the 8 bikes lined up in the hotel parking lot in Ruidoso (or first night's stay). Hey, one of these bikes is not like the others. Nope it is Smitty's brother (Paul) Harley Ultra Classic. Paul rode down to Tucson from Las Vegas to ride with the chapter

Some of the surrounding landscape in Ruidoso

The hotel let us park our bikes under the entry way so they could keep an eye on them

These were the other bikes under the entry way

Paul Smith (Smitty's brother) pulling his bike up closer to the hotel room to unload luggage

Saturday morning and getting ready to head out to Carlsbad, pictured are Charles, Jerry, and Barry

Smitty having fun in the parking lot and Barry being creative with the camera

David Locke

Heading down the road to Carlsbad, pretty flat in these parts

Jerry Jordan's ride

Mike (Coach) Sangster

Some of the gang at the Carlsbad Cavern visitors center

A graphical layout of the cavern, and yes we walked the entire path around the cavern

Inside the Carlsbad Cavern Big Room, This is 754 feet below the surface

One huge mineral tower

Another mineral tower - not sure what the correct scientific name is, Stalagmite I think. I just kept saying WOW!

Some Stalactites

It's the TRON men

OK, I'm not sure this is a safe ladder. It dates back to the early 1950s and is made of wire and boards.

Smitty's brother Paul

Mike Sangster was blinded by the light

One of several ponds in the cavern

Not sure how Smitty got this photo but he snapped the photo just as a drop of watter hit the Mirror pond

Another drop of water made its way from the surface to the cavern, some 754 feet

This is a huge stalagmite and is still growing since water is continually dripping on it

Jerry Jordan making his way through the cavern

A stalactite and stalagmite connect

Very cool

Dinner at Danny's BBQ Pit. The food was wonderful and the company even better

Taking a break just outside of El Paso, TX

Wholy Moley, I don't think I have ever rode for so long in such terrible wind.