Dropping down into the Phx area on US 60 is always a treat. To bump this thread does anyone have a favorite loop around the SW NM & SE AZ area? Coming from Abq/SF area, Quemado/Reserve NM would the the starting point for me.
Best riding day of my life -- Started in Safford, AZ and headed south down to the Swift Trail, route 366, out of Swift Trail Junction,
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/forest/recreation/scenic_drives/pinaleno_swift.shtml.
Then headed out to NM via route 78...
...over to 180 then visited the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument,
http://www.nps.gov/gicl/ via routes 15...
...and 35. Headed over to I-25 via route 152.
Ended up finishing the day in Alamagordo with over 500 miles completed.
To that I would only add route 191 in Arizona between Clifton and Springerville or Alpine and you would have a complete loop starting in NM.
