Should I Plan another NM trip?

“I want to do another fall trip, don't want to travel far. Gila in Oct?

Ponderosa forests and the Gila River drainage.”

“Better say Sept. Oct will get busy with the Ride for the Roses Weekend.”

“Dude.
I would love to but I just started a new job and won't have any vaca.

I am getting a strong hankering to move west...one must have mountains...”

“What is life without the mountains and the blues?”

“I have bookmarked the jobs page and I check it from time to time. Throw me a heads up if you catch a hint of an opening...I could live in the "Land of Enchantment"”

“Don't do this to me Pathman. I'm running low on vacation! I've got trips planned for Rocky Mountain National park in June, diving in the Florida Keys in August and backpacking in Yellowstone, The Tetons or Wind Rivers in late August/September with Bison. Dang, hiking to the source of the Gila River is one of my dream hikes. I'm gonna hike the Colorado River trail in June at least as far as Lulu City (ruins of an old gost town).

If you plan an October trip its gonna be hard to pass up. The Pecos trip was great! Something else may have to go. Hope things for you and yours is going great.



Sticks!

Good luck on getting a dream job out west.”

“2005 Ride for the Roses Weekend will be held Friday, October 21 - Sunday, October 23 in Austin, so late Sept would be best.

Sat 9/24-Sun 10/2 timeframe. Gila should be warm days, cool nights at that time.

Gila, NM Travel Planner Weather (Sounds like perfect weather to me!!!)

Temperature
Average High Temperature is 83 F
historical range 69 F to 93 F
Average Low Temperature is 53 F
historical range 6 F to 62 F
There is a 9% chance of a Hot Day (temperature over 90°F) (5 days out of 54 in historical record).
Most consecutive days found in historic record: 2
There is a 2% chance of a Freezing Day (temperature below 32°F) (1 day out of 54 in historical record).
Most consecutive days found in historic record: 1

Daily Precipitation
Average Daily Precipitation is 0.07
historical range 0.00 to 0.49
There is a 13% chance of a Precipitation Day (7 days out of 54 in historical record).
Most consecutive days found in historic record: 4

Cloud Cover
Average Cloud Cover is sunny
There is a 2% chance of a Cloudy Day (1 day out of 54 in historical record).
Most consecutive days found in historic record: 1

Wind
Average Wind is 6 mph
historical range 0 mph to 16 mph
There is a 7% chance of a Windy Day (average wind over 10 mph) (4 days out of 54 in historical record).
Most consecutive days found in historic record: 1

Humidity
Average High Dew Point is 48 F
historical range 28 F to 66 F
Average Low Dew Point is 35 F
historical range 16 F to 57 F
There is a 7% chance of a Humid Day (dew point over 65°F) (4 days out of 54 in historical record).




My Peloton Project”

“Bounce.

Any of the new Coloradans (or old) interested in meetng half way? Wemuniche?”

“hmmmm, when?”

“sorry, now i've gone back and read the thread.

I could do a weekend in Oct, maybe a three day weekend, but for sure a late night arrival on friday with a late night home on Monday.

Wemuniche would work better for me than Gila would. Gila's probably a very long day's drive for me.

I've got the same issue as sticks, new job and very little vacation time. It all starts over in january though.”

“I'll think this over for a couple of days.”

“Did I mention Bandelier? Late summer/early fall would be nice there as well.”

“I could make a weekend at Bandelier too probably.”