Time to warm up the tubes on this old beast. There’s travel afoot. Not incredibly exciting travel, but travel nonetheless.
Days 9-11, The Downhill Ride
I awoke early and loaded the bike, the morning was brilliant and the mountain air in Lincoln was energizing. I had a long stretch of flat in front of me, after exiting the mountains. The ninth day of my ride was the first day headed toward Michigan, and it was a rough one. A few…
Day 8- Off to Lincoln.
This is a bit late, as I had a hard time with internet access, and then a very long ride home. I rolled out of Albuquerque around 8 (seems to be a pattern…) and headed south on I-25 and slipped off toward Mountainair. I stopped a short while to look at the Abo ruins in…
Day 7: I got a case of the Weird
After yesterday’s debacle, I decided to take an easy run to Santa Fe instead of the ass kicker of Farmington. Of course every good day starts with a stretch in the sun… I then hustled over to Central Ave. for some local grub at Garcia’s Kitchen. Huevos Rancheros and Lemon Cream Pie. Having sated my…
Day 6, Egg on my face
I don’t want to write this post. I don’t want to be honest in this post. But I am going to do those things. Today, I was headed out to Chaco Canyon, and was making decent time to get there early and get up to Farmington for some tasty Navajo eats. I need to make…
Day 5: In the sky
This morning I ran a few errands after sleeping in for a while. I picked up a few things, and then got a bit of gear together, and hopped the highway to Acoma Pueblo to visit Sky City. The Acoma tribe have opened their pueblo to tours, despite it being an occupied and working place…
Day 4- No Mountain High Enough
Despite the extraordinarily late evening on day 3 I was up at 5:30 the next morning. (Let’s hear it for time zone differences..) I was moving slow but got the bike packed and was out the door at 8AM. I was feeling a bit excited because I had called the Pike’s Peak hotline and they…
Day 3- Back in the High Life?
I left Wilson around 8. (This is getting to be a habit, though its a late night tonight…) Kansas west of Wilson opened up into vast green landscapes where you could see for miles, but there would be a lot hidden in valleys criss-crossing the landscape. As a fan of the TV show Supernatural, I…
Day 2: Drier, But chilly.
I got on the road at 8 this morning, slightly later than I wanted, but early enough that I had a good amount of time to get to my destination for the day. It was dry, but the wind continued to come out of the North kept the little bit of sun from actually being…
Today’s magic word: Damp
I left just before sunup this morning, in a light drizzle. I was trying to get going before the slow moving line of storms kept me home until 9 am or so. I managed to make good time until Benton Harbor, and I had to ride through rain and clouds so thick that it seemed…