Northern NM Pocket Water - 10/01/18
Just got back yesterday from a short weekender to Taos NM. Used my Southwest points and the little wifey and I flew into Albuquerque, rented an SUV with our National points, and drove to Taos (2.5 hours) and checked into the Hampton Inn with our Hilton Honors Points. he he he (yes I'm cheap!) Anyway, next day, we drove up to Valle Vidal and the Rio Costillo and Comanche Creek (pocket water) to scout it out for a camping and a fly fishing destination for retirement time wasting. Beautiful country is all I can say. We both loved it. Plentiful creek side primitive campsites, first come first serve. Bonus water was the Rio Grande running south out of Taos. I recently bought a few NM and CO fly fishing books and will be planning more trips in the future. It is about a 9.5 hour drive from Oklahoma City to Rio Costillo. Not bad, seeing it was an 8 hour trip to drive from Taos to Albuquerque and fly via Dallas to OKC.