The Lucero Mesa Ride had 14 4x4's on it. We had nice weather, after several days of high winds and cold. We spent the entire day driving around all the rugged dirt roads in this nice and isolated BLM area, west of Albuquerque.
After going through a few gates, we dropped into Low range. We bumped, and then bounced our way through canyons and up on mesas. No one was around except cows and us. This area is a volcanic area, the Lucero Volcanic area, with 3 major eruptions from 6-8 million years ago, with the last eruptions about 1 million years ago. This made for interesting cliffs and rugged rocky roads.
For a lunch spot, we had great views, looking east toward the Rio Grande valley, with Albuquerque off in the distance. The Sandias and Manzanos to the East and Mt Taylor to our Northwest. A beautiful place to enjoy lunch and visit. After lunch we drove on south, around through mesas and canyons. Then we turned around and drove back out of this area and back to the highway.
We aired up and some went on home and some grabbed a burger at the Pit Stop/ Laguna Burger cafe on I 40.
Lucero Mesa is a wonderful area to visit and the club has been doing rides in this area for many years.
