Today I walked up FR181 from West Jemez Road (NM501). Oddly, even though we got a dusting of snow in town, there was none on FR181. There was, though, plenty of wind which swirled dust all around and flipped up the brim of my hat.
At about the two mile turnaround point, a Subaru passed me, having driven in from NM4. As she passed by, I overheard her comment to her passenger, through her open window, "Dig this!" Perhaps she was referring to my somewhat unconventional sun protection. I'm sorry to admit that I kept hoping she would try to go all the way down FR181 to West Jemez Road which would have been totally inappropriate for her vehicle but would have made my walk considerably entertaining. FR181 starts out easy enough from its intersection with NM4 but as it continues past Water Canyon and winds down to West Jemez Road, it gets a lot rougher. She must have turned off onto FR2997, a short, dead-end spur road because I never saw her again. She was a good driver to get a Subaru in as far as she did on that road.
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