Pedaling and More Pedaling

Today was pretty much a non-event as far as significant occurrences are concerned. The bikes made good time, and we arrived here in Deming, NM about 1:00 PM. We can't leave much before 7 or 7:30 AM because the sun comes up so late. (We are an hour ahead of you in Arizona and California). The guys were irritated by grasshoppers all day. Apparently they like bikes more than trucks because I had little or non spattered on the truck. Monty and Dave even had grasshopper "gunk" on their legs. Monty said there were thousands, and Dave said he would blog 10s of thousands. I don't know who is closest, but there were a lot of grasshoppers!

We crossed the continental divide today. That was pretty exiting. There wasn't any place for me to pull off for pictures, but Monty and Dave could and did. There was only one flat tire today. But Monty and Dave had taken their bikes into the motel room last night, and Dave woke to a flat this morning. Those tires go flat for no apparent reason some times. While killing time, I perused one of those frequent roadside souvenir shops. Every one seems to be the same.

The guys wanted to get some new tires, so I got on the net and found a bike shop her in Deming. But when we went there it was boarded up and the building was for sale. We have seen a lot of that in our travels so far. We'll be in Las Cruces tomorrow, and there are three bike shops there (I hope!). We're all snug in the Holiday Inn tonight. Had a good Mexican dinner earlier. See you next time.