The Turkey Ride: Alamogordo, Pistachio, White Sand’s, Las Cruces, Loop Ride

Name: The Turkey Ride: Alamogordo, Pistachio, White Sand’s, Las Cruces, Loop Ride
Start: 2024-11-24T08:00:00-07:00
Location: Speedway / McDonalds 11390 Gateway N Blvd, El Paso, TX 79934

Schedule

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 08:00 am

UTC-07:00

Location

Speedway / McDonalds 11390 Gateway N Blvd, El Paso, TX 79934 | El Paso, TX

November 24, 2024, Sunday,
Alamogordo Pistachio Loop
Meet at Speedway/McDonalds US54 & McCombs
Meet at 0800, Safety Brief at 0815, KSU at 0830
Route: US 54 to Alamogordo, fuel stop, and breakfast at the IHOP, then on to McGinn’s Pistachio Land at 7320 Hwy 54, via the bypass, for photos of the worlds largest pistachio. (last Chance). This is a 10 for 24 Harley Davidson coin stop.
Then to Hwy 70 to Las Cruces, left on I-25 to I-10, exit Vado, right to the Shell Station, fuel stop and End of ride
Pack a Jacket, it may be cool at the Top of Hwy 70
This will be an all day ride
All non-HOG members & Minors must sign a release form
For those of you riding Sunday to take your picture in front of the world's largest pistachio and get your challenge coin from the National Harley Owners Group (HOG). We will have a copy of the current membership guide there; we will take a picture of you in front of the pistachio holding the current membership guide, using your phone.
Here is what to after you get home with your picture.
To get to the Ride 365 Destination Challenges, click the link below
https://members.harley-davidson.com/HOG/HDMN_Ride365?PublicAccess=true&site=a0dj0000006mPzAAAU
After logging on, scroll down the page to 10 rides for 24, and submit the photo of you in front of the Pistachio, Done!
The McGinn family started their 90-acre pistachio orchard in 1980. Today, the orchard has over 12,500 trees. 14 acres (about twice the area of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool) of grapes are also grown at Pistachio Tree Ranch and 18 different varieties of wine are made at McGinn's Arena Blanca Winery on site. In 2008, a memorial to the founder, Thomas McGinn, was built.
Highway 70 from Las Cruces to Alamogordo was completed in 1938 and runs across southern New Mexico, from Lordsburg east to Las Cruces along I-10, and northward to Alamogordo, Roswell and Clovis. We will be passing White Sands National Park which covers 275 square miles (about the area of Austin, Texas) with an ocean of white, gypsum dunes—the largest gypsum dune field in the world.