For the first half of the day we made our way northward towards Taos, New Mexico to see some of the mountains in northern NM. Due to the hot temperatures, we headed straight for the Rio Grande outside of Pilar, NM to cool off with some Kayaking. The Pilar section of the Rio Grande is a relaxing Class III section with a few nice rapids to keep you from snoozing. We weren’t prepared to see as many commercial rafters, but they were generally easy to avoid. Fortunately the crowds also meant that catching a shuttle was easy, and we didn’t have to take out the bikes. Here’s the scene at the Put-in.
After the first rapid, we decided we needed to stop at the next decent spot and take some photos. This little rapid had an interesting slot line down the left bank. Lydia took the camera and took some pictures of me running the leftt side. As you can tell from the pictures, the water was refreshingly warm, and we didn’t have to wear all of our cold weather gear like in Colorado.
After another mile or so, we came to what the rafters kept referring to as “The Big One”. This was a larger wave train with a good size hole on the right. I got out and took pictures of Lydia as she snuck in between some rafts for her turn at “The Big One”.
I decided to try out the line over the hole on the right, and Lydia caught a good picture of me boofing over the hole. 
After getting off of the river, we headed into town for some good Northern New Mexican (Tex-Mex) cuisine. We decided over a late lunch that we should head out to Ojo Caliente to enjoy the natural hot springs. The springs have been developed into a bit of a resort/spa, but fortunately it wasn’t very busy and was very reasonable at only $12 each. The springs turned out to be just the thing to work out the stiffness and soreness from almost two weeks of traveling, hiking, biking, and boating. We made our way out of town to a good campsite recommended to us by an outfitter in town and caught a great night’s sleep.
After the first rapid, we decided we needed to stop at the next decent spot and take some photos. This little rapid had an interesting slot line down the left bank. Lydia took the camera and took some pictures of me running the leftt side. As you can tell from the pictures, the water was refreshingly warm, and we didn’t have to wear all of our cold weather gear like in Colorado.After another mile or so, we came to what the rafters kept referring to as “The Big One”. This was a larger wave train with a good size hole on the right. I got out and took pictures of Lydia as she snuck in between some rafts for her turn at “The Big One”.I decided to try out the line over the hole on the right, and Lydia caught a good picture of me boofing over the hole. After getting off of the river, we headed into town for some good Northern New Mexican (Tex-Mex) cuisine. We decided over a late lunch that we should head out to Ojo Caliente to enjoy the natural hot springs. The springs have been developed into a bit of a resort/spa, but fortunately it wasn’t very busy and was very reasonable at only $12 each. The springs turned out to be just the thing to work out the stiffness and soreness from almost two weeks of traveling, hiking, biking, and boating. We made our way out of town to a good campsite recommended to us by an outfitter in town and caught a great night’s sleep. 
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