Driving Event

The 2019 Annual Spring Tour is scheduled for Saturday, April 6th, 2019 to the Trinity Site, where the first atomic device was detonated on July 16, 1945. Arrive at Sandia BMW at 7:15AM, drivers meeting at 7:30 and we will leave promptly at 8:00. Everyone 18 and older will need a federally recognized photo identification Read More

Please join us for our annual Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour. This year will be a combined driving and walking event. We will have a scenic driving tour through the Jémez Mountains to Los Alamos. We should be able to observe the changing Fall colors. It is photo-friendly as well as convertible-friendly. Gasoline availability is very limited Read More

Join the NM BMW CCA on a tour to Spaceport America. Meet at Sandia BMW at 8:30 am.  We have reserved the afternoon shuttle for Saturday April 25th and have received agreement from the Spaceport that we can drive our cars out to the Spaceport gate and park at the guardhouse, where the shuttle will Read More

Join the New Mexico BMW CCA Saturday, June 13, 2020 for a drive along the Western edge of the Salt Missions Trail Scenic Byway, through towns such as Tijeras, Chilili and Manzano, with a stop for a BYO-Picnic at one of the historical salt mission ruins along the way. With any luck we’ll have ice Read More

Join the New Mexico BMW CCA Saturday, July 18, 2020 for our July 2020 Cardinal Point Drive, where we pick a different compass point to explore. While in our other tours and drives we’ve typically aimed for a specific destination or theme, Cardinal Point drives are less about “where” to go and more about getting Read More

Join us Saturday, August 15th, for our Cardinal Point Drive - West as we explore the high plains and vistas West (and slightly North) of Albuquerque. Meet at the McDonald’s near the intersection of 528 and 550 at 9:00, for a 9:30 departure. We’ll venture West to San Ysidro, explore the Torreon Mission Road while Read More

Join the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA on a COVID safe, Cardinal Point driving tour North on Saturday, September 19, 2020. We will meet at Santa Fe BMW at 9:00, and hit the road by 9:30 am to wend our way Northwards through Nambe, Chimayo, Truchas and Dixon before stopping for a visit to the Classical Gas Museum in Read More

Please join the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA on our annual Karl Fox Memorial Fall Tour on Sunday, October 11, 2020. This will be a  COVID safe, driving tour of the beautiful scenery around El Malpais National Monument, Lava Falls, and El Morro National Monument. Meet at Lowes Home Improvement parking lot, 2001 12th St NW, at 9:00 AM Read More

This month’s  New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA Cardinal Point Drive South has been cancelled, due to the increased Coronavirus levels throughout the region and in alignment with State public health orders. The New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA fully supports the Governor and Department of Health in their work to safeguard the Read More

Join the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA on a COVID safe, Cardinal Point driving tour South on Sunday, May 16, 2021. We will meet at 9:00 am at Love's Travel Stop, 1903 Camino Del Llano in Belen, NM, and hit the road by 9:30 am to wend our way Southwards to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. We Read More

Join the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA on a COVID safe, Cardinal Point driving tour East on Saturday, June 26th.  We will meet at Smiths on Tramway and Central at 9:00, and hit the road by 9:30 am to wend our way Eastwards through Tijeras and San Antonito by way of Gutierrez Canyon before making our way to the Sandia Crest. Read More

Join the New Mexico Chapter of the BMW CCA on a Cardinal Point driving tour North on Saturday, July 24th.  We will meet at Santa Fe BMW at 9:30, before heading Northwards promptly at 10. The route will take us through the Bandelier and touching on the Valles Caldera, before circling back through Los Alamos on our way to lunch at Gabriel’s Restaurant. We will be Read More