Grand Canyon Trip Day 1

Met up at Cycle Connection in Joplin, had a word of prayer, group photo, and hit the road at 7am. Wasn't long before we hit some rain showers, not enough to stop and put on rain gear, but enough to get our bikes real dirty. It was fun to be on day 1 of our much anticipated trip, though. We did some thinking after the tornado about whether to cancel or continue the trip, and decided we could use the break and there would be plenty of work for a long time to come.

We met up with Don and Anita when we went past Venita, later Joe and Jill met us in Oklahoma City.

Joyce had a pin break on her bag, and Larry fixed this temporary cover for it until she could get it fixed in Amarillo. Lots of heads turned to look at her bike!

Battled horrible cross winds for a while that really unsettled me and many of the others.

We stopped for lunch at Sids Diner (of Food Network fame) for lunch. Had the world famous onion burgers, they were really good!

The rest of the ride was uneventfull. The Texas landscape was interesting, the land doesn't look very fertile or green, but the dirt and gullys and scrub are not what you see everyday, so youcould call them scenic? Got into Amarillo at 7pm, decided to eat at the mexican place next door to the hotel, was really pretty good food! Showers were badly needed and felt good. Ready for bed. Kickstands up at 0800 tomorrow, heading through New Mexico and into Arizona.