My husband was watching this trip going south on 285 which passes through La Jara, Co. And he noticed that you did misidentified San Antonio Mountain as Kiowa Mountain. He knows being from the San Luis Valley himself. He mentioned that he drove cattle and sheep every spring along the base of San Antonio Mountain to the Brazos Mountains in New Mexico. He learned to drive a truck when he was in high school and drove all over Colorado hauling sheep, cattle, and other livestock. We have really enjoyed watching your trips through the country. My husband says you talk to us just like we we're riding shotgun. Keep up the very interesting work. We don't feel as shut in during this corona crap.
Thanks for another great video drive, that bad road to Taos looks just like the roads here in England with patched up pot holes. Nice to see the town as well as the country side. Looking forward to the next video. Safe driving
I love that drive. I wonder if they still jump off the bridge. I once started the day at the top of Wheeler Peak, and, camped that night along the river down in the gorge.
Mike, have you ever had a Lot A Burger? There's one or two in Taos. And elsewhere in NM. Get one with green chile and cheese! (Edit...amazing coincidence, but I didn't realize your destination WAS Lot A Burger!)
1ST comment 2nd like!! anyways....RIDIN'SHOTGUN!! Cell tower at 12:39 disguised as a pine tree, cool huh? And in TAOS at 31:02 make a right there to bypass the downtown tourist congestion Mike!! Me and wife been there 10 times to shop and buy my TAOS t-shirts....and you come out at 34:58 intersection...it bypasses the square tourist shopping area..
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MMMike: I have walked across this Bridge over this Rio Grande Gorge! Like most of New Mexico, Taos is built only with adobe-type structures! It's a small town with lots of history! I once met the tribal chief of the Pueblo here. He told me their ancestors (have no written history only verbal) that they came here several centuries ago, & most likely came because of great drought? They have a high mountain lake that trickles down fresh water all year long, from the 13000 ft + mtn that's nearby. So they built their 500-1000 yr old Pueblo structures on either side of the stream & @ 7000 ft local elevation here-it's cool all year. Absolute best months to visit here (in my opinion) is during Holiday Season: mid-Nov thru mid Jan. New snows after mid Nov & Dec just make the place extremely colorful then! May be dusty in drier summer months but is open all year! Also has famous ski resort! Together with the 4-Corners Area & Santa Fe, the region has Much to offer! Thanks Mike for nice ride! Peace!
Farthest back they have traced the Pueblo is over 700 years. Maybe one of the earliest known settlement West of Mississippi river. I like exploring the mountains on the forestry roads. I have came across snow drifts crossing the roads in June at the higher elevations. Really cool area.
Robert Dean ...Thanks for your comments. Where are some of your favorite places there? I'm from east of Miss River but lived several years in SW also vacationed in that area of NMex.
Thanks for taking me along! The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge was laughed at when they first constructed it, "the bridge to nowhere," thought of as a boondoggle. Also: those funky houses built into the ground along 64 are mimicking the original houses built in this area about 1300 years ago, even before the Puebloan architecture took hold. Of course, I have no clue why these folks do it today. Also: I agree with you that the climate-change folks need to stop flying around the world as much as they do; totally hypocritical.
Thanks for the ride Mike. You drum on the steering wheel like me..Do you play the drums.? I live in NY. With plenty of traffic. Drumming on the steering wheel with tunes makes sitting there much more tolerable and stress free. Helps with road rage too. Conditions permitting of course✌️
Bonjour Mike. Comment alley vous? Quelled belle journey. Esperons que c’est la traduction correcte. Playing with French. Took it in high school. Could write it and read it but had trouble speaking and understanding it in speech.
There is a UA-cam video of these "Earthships". Very interesting, sustainable and all that. But where in the hell did that guy get a truckload of wood? Up in them there woods I guess. (Talking like you). I grew up in a fairly small town at the time 5,000 or so. When you are a teenager not so good. At my age now, the smaller the better. Taos looks very nice. I love adobe/stucco buildings. Our house is stucco. We are trying our darndest to be sustainable.
old lady ...some folks, probably Indians find & cut the wood for fireplaces & woodstoves! Trees grow in higher elevations because of either snow or rain, as the air is cooled by the higher landscape! The Sangre de Christo Mtns, and nearby Wheeler Peak area have lots of trees. Including local bushes. Plenty of Kiva fireplaces in the Adobes!
@@edwardjones9631 I had noticed in the video this was a desert area with no trees, but I could see in the distance the mountains which probably had trees. I know plenty about cutting and storing wood. My husband and I have always had firewood for our fireplaces. In the last 3 years in our new old house we have been helping the old men in our area with chopping down their dead walnut trees so we could have free firewood. I think 5 so far, and these trees were huge old ones. We just finished building a nice woodshed which doubles as a mancave for my husband. We had to make this shed as the homeless are coming by in the middle of the night to help themselves. It really pissed me off since we worked so hard in the whole process. One night I will stay up all night and meet that sucker with a gun.
@@edwardjones9631 Look up Pena Adobe. This is right over the hill from my house. As a kid my husband was in Boy Scouts and learned many things from one of the original Indian of this area. My husband even planted pine trees which are still there today.
People from Taos travel to the National Forest west of Tres Piedras in the San Juan mountains over 30 miles one way, to cut and haul their wood. There are a lot of trees in the mountains near Taos but not a lot of roads to access it. By the way, there is a mix of Anglo, Hispanic and Native Americans along with a few of other races that live in the area. The elevation in Taos is over 6000 feet in Tres Piedras it is over 8000 feet.
Hey there Mtn man Mike. I really enjoyed watching this one! When driving across the states with my dad which was often , he would drive roads like this. That was in the early 60's. I really loved it. I wonder if those space looking houses are under ground to insulate from hot summers & cold winters. Do you think this is the most vacant road you have driven? If not which one was. I am going to be in the same area soon and want to drive those routs. I follow another channel here on You tube. The guy uses a 360 degree camera. When watching, you can rotate the camera while watching. It is real cool. Taos is a nice place. I would love to live in the out skirts some where. Thaks for the ride Mike, Regards from Ody Slim.
Ody Slim ...just read your comments to MtnManMike! He's unique & really quite a guy. ●In regards to your question about the homes around Taos? ..They are locally called Earthships. ●Because of the elevation of abt 7000 ft there, the cool-cold winters and bright sunny days make these adobe type homes with south facing windows ideal to the absorb solar gain & store the heat inside the home! ●The thermal mass also keeps the home warm enough & the earth-sheltered effect cools them nicely in summer! ●Most of these homes don't require electric for heating or cooling, & some are off-grid (w/o electric). ●Some may use a little firewood in the kiva style fireplaces.●Almost all are not completely earth-covered, but have thick mass, woodbeam supported roofs.●You probably know alot more than I say about these homes!
Ody Slim ...about the less travelled roads in the West, ●the loneliest road is proclaimed to be Hwy 50 across Nevada. I have seen on Mike's Video but I was never on that stretch! ●One highway for 4-wheeler that I do recommend is the hwy from Durango to Silverton & then thru Ouray, over Red Mtn Pass! ●Its incredibly scenic & crosses the Beautiful San Juan Mtns of SW Colorado! ●It has many high places with Switchbacks! ●This highway doesn't usually open much before May as it's snowbound in winter, ■beautiful from mid May thru October! ●Mike recently drove this hwy, ●But believe me: it's not for big Travel Rigs or 18 wheelers. ●If you see Mike's Video, you'll know why.! ●Off the interstates, you'll find Nevada remote hwys to be less travelled. I never been there, just to Reno/Tahoe & across Clark Co Nevada i.e. Las Vegas. I'm sure Mike can answer your questions!
19:22 "I've got to get something to eat". Not the first such utterance - your stomach must be growling and spasming, telling you you are HUNGRY! Yes, I know what you mean - "been there". Enjoy when you get it! Right now, I have some chicken pieces in a pot, with various vegetables, Should be good when it comes ready, also.
Terry Shanks ....not speaking for Mike~Some of the Amerindians here & now are driving on this highway. Taos has a beautiful old Pueblo & is remarkable to see! If Mike stops to eat in Taos or Santa Fe you'll likely see some Indians! FYI!
Dennis Willis ...that name is commercial. They are passive solar, earth sheltered homes! Not criticizing you, but those type homes are indigenous to the SW but all the rubber tires that are buried around them is something that may distinguish them from all the other places they are found. Earthship name may only be around Taos area?
@@edwardjones9631 Thanks for the info. I've seen those style homes referred to as Earthships for years as far north as Colorado. I had assumed, wrongly, it was a generic term....
dude...it's not Antonio it's ant-ton-nito, live in Leadville and watch your channel it's good entertainment hearing you rag every pilgrim that slows in front of you! and brag your driving skills. I've had a cdl since 74 and we just call that being a good hand in this country you have to be able operate in all conditions ain't no shit...you get run off if you're a hack
yeah I've backed up farther than you been forward but I don't have to brag about being able to go down a hill that's why UA-cam is for idiots to blow smoke up there ass for doing shit thats routine everyday tasks thanks for your foolish assumptions
Mary Phillips ...does that high elevation in Leadville easily arouse your temper? So what can you teach Mike? Of all the compliments he gets from other drivers here & around the globe, what can you teach him? He is a proven asset to his company!
My husband was watching this trip going south on 285 which passes through La Jara, Co. And he noticed that you did misidentified San Antonio Mountain as Kiowa Mountain. He knows being from the San Luis Valley himself. He mentioned that he drove cattle and sheep every spring along the base of San Antonio Mountain to the Brazos Mountains in New Mexico. He learned to drive a truck when he was in high school and drove all over Colorado hauling sheep, cattle, and other livestock. We have really enjoyed watching your trips through the country. My husband says you talk to us just like we we're riding shotgun. Keep up the very interesting work. We don't feel as shut in during this corona crap.
Thank You For A Great Video Awesome Mike Happy A Day Enjoy
Thanks for another great video drive, that bad road to Taos looks just like the roads here in England with patched up pot holes. Nice to see the town as well as the country side. Looking forward to the next video. Safe driving
I love that drive. I wonder if they still jump off the bridge. I once started the day at the top of Wheeler Peak, and, camped that night along the river down in the gorge.
Mike, have you ever had a Lot A Burger? There's one or two in Taos. And elsewhere in NM. Get one with green chile and cheese! (Edit...amazing coincidence, but I didn't realize your destination WAS Lot A Burger!)
Yum. Blake's Lotaburger are the best burgers in NM. I like the double meat, double cheese with the green chile. Goodness, and good for you too!
Taos its beautiful! all the buildings made in old mexican adobe style! just priceless (even Mcdonallds too!)
1ST comment 2nd like!! anyways....RIDIN'SHOTGUN!! Cell tower at 12:39 disguised as a pine tree, cool huh? And in TAOS at 31:02 make a right there to bypass the downtown tourist congestion Mike!! Me and wife been there 10 times to shop and buy my TAOS t-shirts....and you come out at 34:58 intersection...it bypasses the square tourist shopping area..
Hey Mike , Their not looking at the leaves on this hi way. Beautiful landscape
They are called Earth-ships. You can find tours of some of them on UA-cam. Really neat.
Cocktails . That always makes me smile. Seen more signs than ive seen folks drinkin the pissy stuff.!.
Enjoyed the drive time. TY MMM
Luv that country! Drove there, rode my motorcycle w/trailer there, flew there in my Cessna.
Thanks for the ride Nice views.
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excellent videos as usual .. greetings from chile.
MMMike: I have walked across this Bridge over this Rio Grande Gorge! Like most of New Mexico, Taos is built only with adobe-type structures! It's a small town with lots of history! I once met the tribal chief of the Pueblo here. He told me their ancestors (have no written history only verbal) that they came here several centuries ago, & most likely came because of great drought? They have a high mountain lake that trickles down fresh water all year long, from the 13000 ft + mtn that's nearby. So they built their 500-1000 yr old Pueblo structures on either side of the stream & @ 7000 ft local elevation here-it's cool all year. Absolute best months to visit here (in my opinion) is during Holiday Season: mid-Nov thru mid Jan. New snows after mid Nov & Dec just make the place extremely colorful then! May be dusty in drier summer months but is open all year! Also has famous ski resort! Together with the 4-Corners Area & Santa Fe, the region has Much to offer! Thanks Mike for nice ride! Peace!
Farthest back they have traced the Pueblo is over 700 years. Maybe one of the earliest known settlement West of Mississippi river. I like exploring the mountains on the forestry roads. I have came across snow drifts crossing the roads in June at the higher elevations. Really cool area.
Robert Dean ...Thanks for your comments. Where are some of your favorite places there? I'm from east of Miss River but lived several years in SW also vacationed in that area of NMex.
I always used to go in the summer and it was really a great time to be there! Indian Market in Santa Fe, you know.
Cool video and I love Taos. Looking to buy a home there for part time residence.
Hats off to Louis L'Amour, who wrote a great many stories about New Mexico, Airzona and the West. Miss him!
Yep... I got it. Always looking for a new home since my retirement. Taos does look nice.
What a pretty town Taos is. Had to laugh to see Mc Donald's there!
Thanks Mike that was a different ride compared to the last couple days lol peace...
Being buried in the earth keeps them cool all summer even in the desert heat with no AC!
Tres Piedras means 3 rocks. Enjoy you driving sceneries.
Sylvia Gonzalez stones
With roads that narrow in Taos, you can see why McCloud rode a horse everywhere he went.
Thanks for taking me along! The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge was laughed at when they first constructed it, "the bridge to nowhere," thought of as a boondoggle. Also: those funky houses built into the ground along 64 are mimicking the original houses built in this area about 1300 years ago, even before the Puebloan architecture took hold. Of course, I have no clue why these folks do it today. Also: I agree with you that the climate-change folks need to stop flying around the world as much as they do; totally hypocritical.
SHOTGUN. 3 PIEDRAS 3 ROCKS. YOUR SPANISH IS PRETTY GOOD !
Thanks for the ride Mike. You drum on the steering wheel like me..Do you play the drums.? I live in NY. With plenty of traffic. Drumming on the steering wheel with tunes makes sitting there much more tolerable and stress free. Helps with road rage too. Conditions permitting of course✌️
Bonjour Mike. Comment alley vous? Quelled belle journey. Esperons que c’est la traduction correcte. Playing with French. Took it in high school. Could write it and read it but had trouble speaking and understanding it in speech.
There is a UA-cam video of these "Earthships". Very interesting, sustainable and all that. But where in the hell did that guy get a truckload of wood? Up in them there woods I guess. (Talking like you). I grew up in a fairly small town at the time 5,000 or so. When you are a teenager not so good. At my age now, the smaller the better. Taos looks very nice. I love adobe/stucco buildings. Our house is stucco. We are trying our darndest to be sustainable.
old lady ...some folks, probably Indians find & cut the wood for fireplaces & woodstoves! Trees grow in higher elevations because of either snow or rain, as the air is cooled by the higher landscape! The Sangre de Christo Mtns, and nearby Wheeler Peak area have lots of trees. Including local bushes. Plenty of Kiva fireplaces in the Adobes!
@@edwardjones9631 I had noticed in the video this was a desert area with no trees, but I could see in the distance the mountains which probably had trees. I know plenty about cutting and storing wood. My husband and I have always had firewood for our fireplaces. In the last 3 years in our new old house we have been helping the old men in our area with chopping down their dead walnut trees so we could have free firewood. I think 5 so far, and these trees were huge old ones. We just finished building a nice woodshed which doubles as a mancave for my husband. We had to make this shed as the homeless are coming by in the middle of the night to help themselves. It really pissed me off since we worked so hard in the whole process. One night I will stay up all night and meet that sucker with a gun.
@@edwardjones9631 Look up Pena Adobe. This is right over the hill from my house. As a kid my husband was in Boy Scouts and learned many things from one of the original Indian of this area. My husband even planted pine trees which are still there today.
People from Taos travel to the National Forest west of Tres Piedras in the San Juan mountains over 30 miles one way, to cut and haul their wood. There are a lot of trees in the mountains near Taos but not a lot of roads to access it. By the way, there is a mix of Anglo, Hispanic and Native Americans along with a few of other races that live in the area. The elevation in Taos is over 6000 feet in Tres Piedras it is over 8000 feet.
Fine video.
I wanted see the two pallets unloaded... 🤭
Hey there Mtn man Mike. I really enjoyed watching this one! When driving across the states with my dad
which was often , he would drive roads like this. That was in the early 60's. I really loved it. I wonder if those
space looking houses are under ground to insulate from hot summers & cold winters. Do you think this is
the most vacant road you have driven? If not which one was. I am going to be in the same area soon and
want to drive those routs. I follow another channel here on You tube. The guy uses a 360 degree camera.
When watching, you can rotate the camera while watching. It is real cool. Taos is a nice place. I would love
to live in the out skirts some where. Thaks for the ride Mike, Regards from Ody Slim.
Ody Slim ...just read your comments to MtnManMike! He's unique & really quite a guy. ●In regards to your question about the homes around Taos? ..They are locally called Earthships. ●Because of the elevation of abt 7000 ft there, the cool-cold winters and bright sunny days make these adobe type homes with south facing windows ideal to the absorb solar gain & store the heat inside the home! ●The thermal mass also keeps the home warm enough & the earth-sheltered effect cools them nicely in summer! ●Most of these homes don't require electric for heating or cooling, & some are off-grid (w/o electric). ●Some may use a little firewood in the kiva style fireplaces.●Almost all are not completely earth-covered, but have thick mass, woodbeam supported roofs.●You probably know alot more than I say about these homes!
Ody Slim ...about the less travelled roads in the West, ●the loneliest road is proclaimed to be Hwy 50 across Nevada. I have seen on Mike's Video but I was never on that stretch! ●One highway for 4-wheeler that I do recommend is the hwy from Durango to Silverton & then thru Ouray, over Red Mtn Pass! ●Its incredibly scenic & crosses the Beautiful San Juan Mtns of SW Colorado! ●It has many high places with Switchbacks! ●This highway doesn't usually open much before May as it's snowbound in winter, ■beautiful from mid May thru October! ●Mike recently drove this hwy, ●But believe me: it's not for big Travel Rigs or 18 wheelers. ●If you see Mike's Video, you'll know why.! ●Off the interstates, you'll find Nevada remote hwys to be less travelled. I never been there, just to Reno/Tahoe & across Clark Co Nevada i.e. Las Vegas. I'm sure Mike can answer your questions!
Earthships..yes a whole colony out there.
19:22 "I've got to get something to eat". Not the first such utterance - your stomach must be growling and spasming, telling you you are HUNGRY! Yes, I know what you mean - "been there". Enjoy when you get it! Right now, I have some chicken pieces in a pot, with various vegetables, Should be good when it comes ready, also.
Thank you.
Do you know if Indians were in any of the mountains in your videos?
Terry Shanks ....not speaking for Mike~Some of the Amerindians here & now are driving on this highway. Taos has a beautiful old Pueblo & is remarkable to see! If Mike stops to eat in Taos or Santa Fe you'll likely see some Indians! FYI!
Are you originally from California ?
Earth homes are what their called , earth ship homes?
Imagine traveling across these places on horse or covered wagon. yoi
👏beautiful
2:10 Welcome to New Mexico
don't know why it almost always has to start at the slow speed?
You would want your house half underground too! it get's ugly hot, and ugly cold there.
Iv been to taos twice and it a very strange place.
Austin ..What is Strange about it? I live east of Miss River now! Never lived in N Mex, but used to vacation there? What do you mean?
I kind of liked Taos . I was there about 5 times probably. I prefer Santa Fe though. To each her/his own.
Those homes are called Earthships.
Dennis Willis ...that name is commercial. They are passive solar, earth sheltered homes! Not criticizing you, but those type homes are indigenous to the SW but all the rubber tires that are buried around them is something that may distinguish them from all the other places they are found. Earthship name may only be around Taos area?
@@edwardjones9631 Thanks for the info. I've seen those style homes referred to as Earthships for years as far north as Colorado. I had assumed, wrongly, it was a generic term....
"Three rocks"
Taos that's Mcloud country ( Just showing My age )
I guess when they die they put them in bed and finish covering up the house. Next to their weed that is for their next trip. Be safe. Peace !
maybe eat very small bites and that will give your body chances to consume it, instead of storing any, just a thought. )
dude...it's not Antonio it's ant-ton-nito, live in Leadville and watch your channel it's good entertainment hearing you rag every pilgrim that slows in front of you! and brag your driving skills. I've had a cdl since 74 and we just call that being a good hand in this country you have to be able operate in all conditions ain't no shit...you get run off if you're a hack
yeah I've backed up farther than you been forward but I don't have to brag about being able to go down a hill that's why UA-cam is for idiots to blow smoke up there ass for doing shit thats routine everyday tasks thanks for your foolish assumptions
Mary Phillips ...does that high elevation in Leadville easily arouse your temper? So what can you teach Mike? Of all the compliments he gets from other drivers here & around the globe, what can you teach him? He is a proven asset to his company!
sorry for my negative comments. .....learned my lesson and apologize to the mountain man and all I offended!
you would think that wood hauling Toyota would know he ridiculous over weight seeing his tires bowed out 3 degrees from axle centers 🤯🤯😰🤡
I don't think you would be happy in Taos. Mostly democrats. 2016 election, Clinton 70.2%, Trump 18%, Other 11.8%.