Tour day 13

                                     

                                                                         Today started out windy. As you can see.





Our goal is to travel from our hotel in Grant's New Mexico to Albuquerque New Mexico at a distance of 79 miles. Here is the information for the ride and the weather. 








At least it was reasonably warmer than the last few days. It was right around 50 degrees. Unfortunately we started out into a headwind. The first 24 were on route 66.  So cool. Had our sag or rest stop which we needed after riding into the wind. Beautiful though as you can see. 









As the day went the wind increased. Sustained minimum 25 to 35 miles per hour  with gusts to 50.




They did not lie. There were a few times the crosswind almost blew me over. Our tour group watched over us to make sure we were ok. Had another flat again. Huge staple wherever it came from. Here are more pics of the beautiful area we rode. 










That last stop at the casino was needed from the crosswinds. If you noticed the flag it was straight across. Huge flag at a dealership if you know how  big they are. We then entered the city of Albuquerque New Mexico and crossed the Rio Grande.







 Today was a very tough day with unrelenting wind. It can be your friend or your enemy. Enemy today but everybody made it in ok. Can't fight mother nature. Dealing with the elements. Here is a pic from our window.




Tomorrow is another day. Looking forward to Sante Fe New Mexico and only 67 miles. More climbing than descending. We have almost achieved 1000 miles. This is such a beautiful country. We are so fortunate. Check out the ride. 


Thanks for following. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tour day 49. Last day

Image
Well Friday 6/28 is my last day for my great United States cross country adventure. 17 miles to go. Dip my wheel in the Atlantic ocean. From one side of this phenomenal country to the other. 49 days total, 43 riding days, century's (100 miles) rode, 15 states crossed, mountains ascended, mountains descended, deserts crossed, snow, rain, flat land, hills, wind, crosswind, headwind, some tail winds, sun, clouds, blowing sand, beauty, water, flooding, 5 broken spokes, 7 flat tires, sticky brakes, scenery to behold, friendships made, broke my bike, bruised ribs, bruised body, dont care, new bikes, bucket list achieved, pushed myself to the limit and more and more. What a wonderful 7 weeks. Would not trade it for anything. Would I do it again. Yes. Was an adventurous trip to the beach but we all made it. This is the group getting ready to finish. Tom G was not able to complete the ride to the beach but he was in our thoughts. The group at...
Read more

Tour day 48

Image
Last day to ride before our trek to the beach. 90 miles and some climbing. Foggy when we left and in the 60s.  Hurting from spill but able to ride. Bitter sweet knowing this is now coming to an end. 7 weeks of riding and the friendships made. Here is the itinerary and the weather. We had 2 state crossings,  New Hampshire, 13th and Massachusetts the 14th. Was an interesting ride. Turkey in the road and one of the guys had a bear run by him. No picture of that. Covered bridge with some of my compatriots.   Here are a few more pictures of the ride.  So much beauty. Going to miss all of this. That night was our celebration banquet. Our accomplishments from our hard work going across the entire United States. That's my buddy Payton and our helmet hair. Had to have a Samuel Adam's from Boston      We all received awards for ...
Read more
Image
Hi everyone,  I have met my fellow riders. We had our information session and training. This evening we had a very nice dinner and socialize. Off to bed early since I will be up at 5am, breakfast at 545am and off to Manhattan beach at 630am. Our ceremonial wheel dip will official start my adventure across the United States. 15 states and 3400 plus miles.   Let the festivities begin!
Read more