Virgin Mesa, Jemez Mountains. What a great place to spend the last day of September. It was the kind of fall day for which the Land of Enchantment is famous; crystal blue skies, temps in the seventies, beautiful views and fun singletrack. The aspens are at their prime right now and I'd bet you have about another week to enjoy them in their current state. We rode one of Tom Mayer's routes that we'd "adopted" and agreed to maintain and with one exception, the route is in excellent shape. The portion at the end of Virgin Mesa that goes through the area burned by the Virgin fire several years ago, has had so much blow down of trees that is resembles a huge set of Lincoln Logs dumped across the landscape. This area needs some help from the Forest Service chain saw crew to open up their spur road again. Other than that it was mostly just moving small stuff off the trails and enjoying the great day. It ended up just being Ann, Matt, and I. Pretty lame turnout for our group, but I've come to expect that. We had a blast and rode a leisurely 14 miles, and I even brought out the full sus with gears for the day. Smiles and miles and kudos to Tom for showing us yet another great place to ride near home.