Day 7: Easy Rider Movie Location Tour – Farmington to Taos New Mexico

After breakfast we headed north east to Durango Colorado.

When they made the movie, they just bolted to Taos, with a piece of toast in their mouth while they drove, probably.    Who cares.    Peter and Dennis were hanging out in an RV, and the bikes were were in a panel Van, making miles.    We took the scenic route, up to Durango.

Durango Colorado - Easy Rider Location Tour
Cool little town. We took some time and walked round
Durango Colorado - Easy Rider Location Tour
Bruno, John, Graham and I. Just outside the train station

We spent our time, then headed east.   Found us a cool waterfall.

Up wolf creek pass - Easy Rider inaugural tour
Beautiful.
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Group shot of the Easy Rider Inaugural Tour Crew

Up through Wolf Creek Pass

Tunnel at Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
Wolf Creek Pass. 10, 890 feet. My bike was sucking air, but she wanted to see all this bad as I did.   A great ride on a Harley-Davidson methinks.

I couldn’t help but have this song in my head.    Like, the whole time.    My gift to humanity is useless trivia, and random thought.   I present CW McCall, Wolf Creek pass.   white person trucker rap, from 1975.   Give you an Idea of the road, anyway:

We rolled down from Wolf Creek Pass, and had lunch in a place I’m not sure the name of.     We turned south, somewhere.   We were hungry, and ate a gourmet meal at a greasy roadside shop.   I think I had a buffalo burger with jalapeno’s on the side.  And fries.

On our way into Taos, we stopped at a bridge crossing the Rio Grande river.    The weather was hot, and some of us had some Ice coffee at a hippy truck while it held out.   The rest of us had some some ice water and cokes.      My ass was sore, and needed a break.   Vendors and lots of bikes is all I remember.   This was memorial day weekend, and everyone was taking advantage of it.

Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Rio Grande River
The Rio Grande River. This river ends up being the border between Texas and New Mexico, looking that-a-way.

Aussie John gave me a lot of pictures for this blog.   About 100 miles back, he also reminded me of good touring music.      I listened to this, as we rolled into Taos.    The desert was wide, the weather was good, and we were rolling 8 miles a minute, most of the time.  I knew that somewhere, I had deadlines and commitments.    I just didn’t have them now.   It was on the hotter side, but still…. a perfect day of riding.

We pulled into Taos, and I saw 2 spots from the movie on the way in,  that we’d see tomorrow.     I felt thrashed, but happier than hell.     What else would I rather be doing?    It was a hot day, and a long day and I fell asleep about as fast as I sat down.   This was the first of a string of 300 mile days.

Day 7 – Easy Rider Movie Location Tour – 280 Miles


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1 thought on “Day 7: Easy Rider Movie Location Tour – Farmington to Taos New Mexico”

  1. Hi mrzip66,
    These are the very nice place and nice scenery. Your journey also good to look. The Group shot of the Easy Rider Inaugural Tour Crew look fun.

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