Unfortunately with the drought the Rio grande can go dry at different parts of the year. It is so sad to see the southwest go through these dramatic changes. We are very fortunate to have great trail options to ride ATVs and if you like jeeps, there are plenty of jeep trails as well. LOL, that is my goal to keep the wife and kids happy so I can go explore.👍 Thanks for watching bud.

Thanks for watching! A day on trail is always a good day!

Thankfully I live far enough north from the Mexico border that I don’t have to worry about illegals, smugglers, or Border Patrol. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures Thank you. I had incorrectly assumed at first, that you were in South Texas. My fault. Love you videos 👍

@@doc559 no problem at all. But you are right that folks who live in the southern areas along the Rio Grande have these issues to worry about. I am glad you enjoy my videos. Cheers.

Thanks for watching. I am glad you enjoyed the video.

Hey man! I appreciate the awesome comment! It isn't hard to do at all! But I have done this for more than 20 years of my life and over the past 3 years I have decided to share it. Thanks again and I look forward to having you on the channel.

You are right about that brother. It’s a good combination of solitude that is good for your soul. Best of luck on your finals coming up.

Thanks for watching!

You are right about the firewood, we have firewood everywhere out here and a ton of it. I am glad you liked the Tacos, they were pretty dang good and the leftovers lasted into breakfast the next morning. We had a nice evening together, thanks for asking. It would have been a great place to fly the drone over the river. I should of added a little bit of drone footage.

It is so much fun to fly and explore with it. I am glad you enjoy the footage. You are right about snakes taking care of rodents. These fields are full of field mice. Making tacos with Chile powder and cumin is awesome. I like to add potatoes and onion to mine. It taste good this way. Thanks my friend. I hope you and your family are well and healthy. Take care.

That is exactly it. Getting out into the outdoors is our only chance to get away from the daily grind. noise, and people lol. So if its to go trail ride, or camp, or cook something I am in. Thanks for watching.

It is a fun place to ride and get away for a little while. The tacos were pretty dang good on the campfire. Thanks for watching.

Here in Valencia County they sell keys to have access to the Rio Grande River. I suppose that is a good thing they limit the access to the river in Albuquerque. That is how it is here also about just using the ditch banks. I live right on the border of Isleta so I am on their ditch banks for about 5 maybe 10 minutes. River riding and playing was fun. Since irrigation has stopped, the river is higher now. Thanks for watching buddy!

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures I may have to go exploring in that area some day.

I have been wanting to add a winch on the ATV. I will be installing one for sure in the near future. I appreciate the encouragement on getting one.

He’ll be getting one for his birthday 🙂

Leftovers didn’t stand a chance haha. I appreciate you watching buddy and commenting. It was a trip down memory lane. Have a good day man.

If I could deliver I sure would. Can you imagine the fun offroading this would be? I am sure it might qualify as the first delivery video by ATV? Who knows. Man it was a good meal though. You sound about as cold as us out here, upper 20's. But later will warm up nicely. Enjoy and have a good day!

Hey that is cool you used to breed bullsnakes. We have a lot of them in the community I live in and they are also up in the lower elevations of the mountains. They get big out here, must be all the mice. This guy probably died from freezing. That morning was in the 20s. I thought he was alive and just stiff. Then I snapped, nope poor dude is dead.

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures could've been run over being on a road, people will often intentionally kill snakes for no reason other than fear. Bullsnakes are incredibly hardy, so hard to say if it was weather related.

It’s unfortunate people kill bull snakes because they are harmless. When I see them on the road I usually stick around to make sure they get off. That is pretty cool you know a lot about bull snakes. We have a lot of rattlesnake here as well. Now them guys are cool to see and freaky LOL.

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures I used to be heavy into the reptile scene, been keeping them as pets since I was a kid. Still have a few lingering around, lol. One of the many reasons I'd love to visit Mexico... and other places like Arizona. So many little critters. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for watching and I am glad you enjoyed it. I hope you are doing well. It is good to see you still getting out in Washington. I enjoy your scenic hikes.

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures Thanks! We try to get out every weekend, unless it’s too windy or rainy! So far the weekends have been nice! How are things for you? I always enjoy seeing the landscapes around NM! 👍👍👍

That’s great. Same here, I try to plan on getting out every weekend. The weather has been been great. We have had some cold wet days but more windy than anything. I enjoy watching your hikes. It is beautiful out there so I get excited when you post a video.

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures Yea, it’s almost opposite of your weather! I feel like we’re heading into the rainy season! Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎁🎁

@@JenniferLupine stay warm and have a Merry Christmas. Take care and you all stay healthy.

You got it buddy. There is always plenty of food to spare and go around.

The same thing I do, I always make a lot of food to go around. Looking forward to doing a ride with you.

Dude that will be awesome. We will cook up some awesome food. I look forward to it as well. It will be fun.

Hey there. I appreciate you watching and commenting. Glad you enjoy my video. I think that would be awesome to go ride with you. What is the best way to reach out? I am on Facebook and Instagram.

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures yes facebook...Lisapat ortega....thanks

I never did run back into the lady looking for her dogs. I am assuming she found them since I had to drive right past the area the dogs were. I continued to keep an eye out and listen for her calling her dogs name. The tacos were pretty dang good man. I am pretty fortunate to be able to leave my yard on the ATV to get over to this section.

I appreciate it buddy, I am glad you like the intro and the tacos I cooked up. I am running the GoPro Hero 8 Black in 2.7K 60 frames a second for improved video quality. Thanks again bro.

That is one thing about New Mexico, it does have plenty of dry wood everywhere. The con is fires breakout quickly when someone is careless to the environment around them. The Rio Grande is at its lowest I have ever seen it. It is generally higher but this last year we have lacked a lot of moisture. But on the flip side it is allowing us to ride Quads in it. The freaky thing is trying to read where the avoid the deep holes in the river. I look back on it now and I can't help but think we were dumb kids who didn't listen to our parents to not play in the river. But yes, memories were made and I guess the biggest thing is we all survived. Thanks for watching my friend.

I bet you and your boys had a great time. I look forward to building memories like this. I have been thinking about the future and riding with my son. I think sometime this year I will buy him an ATV.

Hey there. I am glad you are making a good recovery and I hope things continue to go well. This is actually a river that runs through New Mexico. The west has been in a bad drought and so the river is also feeling the hit of no consistent rain. So we are fortunate to be able to ride and play in it. Thanks for watching my friend.

I have KZfaq problems often. No worries man. Them tacos were pretty dang good and I was happy to even have leftovers. This area about 10 minutes from my house. I have to hit a ditch and it leads me right to the river area. It’s a fun place to check out. I think the snake froze to death overnight lol. I was thinking the snake was just to cold to move since it was in the 20s. But as soon as I left I thought to myself man that snake is dead 😂. Thanks for watching buddy.

I have one video that comes to mind on a level of hard such as steep terrain and the trail being rocky, check this video out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6yBo9h-krKniH0.html. I can tell you by experience that an ATV is a great machine to have in the outdoors. It tackles trails easy with or without 4x4. I wouldn't worry about tipping it over since it can be pretty hard to do. But I would recommend riding it and getting a feel for the ATV before you start doing harder things. Be safe and I hope you get an ATV. It is so much fun!

@@ManzanoManATVAdventures thanks dude. I’ll check it out. I bought a kingquad 500 axi last night. 5800 bucks. It’s a 2018 with power steering. only 127 miles and came with rear bags, ramp, and cover. The guy bought it for his wife and she didn’t like riding. It runs great I rode 2 hours last night.

Awesome man. Enjoy riding and be safe. The kingquad is a nice atv. Cheers