Headed out at 8am from Amarillo, stopped just down the road at Cadillac Ranch. Larry did some spray painting and the rest of us took pictures. The temp was rather cool starting out, we all wore jackets. I thought it would warm up, but as we eventually climbed to altitude 7158 it got even cooler. Then a long downhill run to Albuquerque where it got really hot and stayed that way for the rest of the day. Wind was again a factor, even saw signs warning of severe cross winds. You could see the bike in front of you constantly leaning to the left to stay on the road, and the tractor trailer rigs, the trailers were dog-legging to the right. Sure made for a tiring, stressful ride at times.
The New Mexico landscape was a joy to ride through, amazing views and vistas. The stops are few and far between, not a lot of populaion that I saw. And then there was the smoke from the fires. We were prepared to pull over and put bandanas over our noses and mouths if needed, but was never quite that bad. Ate lunch at the HD dealer in Albuquerque and dinner at Denny's.Covered 552 miles today, a new personal best for me. Our leader, Larry, is training for an iron butt ride later this month when he'll ride 1000 miles in one day, raising money for MDA. We are in Holbrook, AZ tonight. Will be a slower day tomorrow with lots of sight seeing, projecting less than 200 miles.
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