Cooler Weather via Car

[Neonmoon 38129]

Instead of hijaking Blacklabs thread, where can one go from Austin to cooler weather for a vacation this summer? One caveat: must be in driving distance. 
 

Is Taos the best bet? 

[stone oak 639]

Cloudcroft/Ruidoso, Fort Davis, Marfa/Alpine...and that’s about it

[conVINCEd 21469]

Ruidoso is nice when we are experiencing blast furnace conditions.

[Telegraph_it 3357]

Cloudcroft is nice because If you miss the heat you can travel down to White Sands real quick. 

[gmr548 16580]

Driving distance is subjective. You can drive to Alaska if you want. How far is too far?

You can get to northern NM or Alpine in a day as mentioned. You can get to coastal California in two days.

Edited June 10, 2020 by gmr548

[Patron 230]

Red River

MonthHigh / Low(°F)Rain

 

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June73° / 37°6 days

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July76° / 42°11 days

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August74° / 41°11 days

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September68° / 35°7 days

Edited June 10, 2020 by Patron

[DFWTexEx 276]

We were planning a driving trip to New Mexico in July for the specific purpose of finding cool weather.    But it looks like NM still has a 14 day quarantine (do not leave hotel room / house rental except for medical reasons or something like that) for people coming from out of state (except for business travel), per order this week.   I am not sure if I want to plan out a trip and book a place to stay and hope the quarantine ends by the time I go.  I won't go knowing I will be breaking the rules and risking some bigger issue even if there are people out there that will be happy to lie there way around it.   I don't know, for instance, how I can fake a business trip if my husband and dogs are with me.

[Neonmoon 38129]

I was thinking no more than a day's drive. 

[Neonmoon 38129]

9 minutes ago, DFWTexEx said:

We were planning a driving trip to New Mexico in July for the specific purpose of finding cool weather.    But it looks like NM still has a 14 day quarantine (do not leave hotel room / house rental except for medical reasons or something like that) for people coming from out of state (except for business travel), per order this week.   I am not sure if I want to plan out a trip and book a place to stay and hope the quarantine ends by the time I go.  I won't go knowing I will be breaking the rules and risking some bigger issue even if there are people out there that will be happy to lie there way around it.   I don't know, for instance, how I can fake a business trip if my husband and dogs are with me.

What the fuck? Well that kind of ruins the NW option

[DFWTexEx 276]

15 minutes ago, DFWTexEx said:

We were planning a driving trip to New Mexico in July for the specific purpose of finding cool weather.    But it looks like NM still has a 14 day quarantine (do not leave hotel room / house rental except for medical reasons or something like that) for people coming from out of state (except for business travel), per order this week.   I am not sure if I want to plan out a trip and book a place to stay and hope the quarantine ends by the time I go.  I won't go knowing I will be breaking the rules and risking some bigger issue even if there are people out there that will be happy to lie there way around it.   I don't know, for instance, how I can fake a business trip if my husband and dogs are with me.

EDIT: as weird as it sounds, the order only applies to people arriving by airport.  So, the driving trip may be back on.

NM Executive Order June 2020

[Neonmoon 38129]

2 hours ago, DFWTexEx said:

EDIT: as weird as it sounds, the order only applies to people arriving by airport.  So, the driving trip may be back on.

NM Executive Order June 2020

Hell yes. 

Red River is looking nice 

[Pato del Muerto 52499]

Patagonia. Should be nice and chilly down there this time of year. 

[Tylerocks 2553]

Planning a trip to Red River, early August..

[stone oak 639]

19 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

Cloudcroft is nice because If you miss the heat you can travel down to White Sands real quick. 

Do you even gypsum bro?

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Does it get to feeling somewhat nice in the Ozarks or are they too low to make a dent in the temperature?