Such a change from two days ago. Temps in the low 40’s this morning, sun poking through, no wind. A pleasant day to ride. Had to stop once and take off clothes. Actually, got overly warm.
We had one road that was rougher than heck. It looked like they poured asphalt an inch or two deep across the road in every little crack there was. My gosh, that was painful. It looked like a big spiderweb and you absolutely could not miss any of them. Even Jared, our leader, said it was awful.
We had to ride 15 miles on the interstate again today. Looks like more tomorrow, too.
Our ride was short today and half of us got to camp way before noon. Tho’t I’d show how we set up. This is the only picture today. Just nothong to take pictures of. Flat desert as far as you can see.
One of the things I’ve noticed in OK, TX, NM and AZ are the number of ramshackle houses and trailers with copious amounts of junk or garbage in the yards, accompanied by a ferocious dog or two, and blessed with a brand new pickup. My feeling is they definitely have their priorities confused. And I’d almost bet they are on food stamps or other government assisted programs. The pick up truck has to be a status symbol. How they can live in those conditions is beyond me.
On the contrary, I have a nice house, not a thing in the yard other than my two really old vehicles which still run, and NO dog. To each his own. I’d love to have a new vehicle but I love my antique truck. Over 360.000 miles, no original paint anywhere, but he still runs and is a work horse. No One has anything like him. FORD recalled all the silver pickups back in the early nineties but I never got a notice. So when I inquired about it, I was told they no longer honored the recall and I’d have to paint it myself. Fat chance. So all the paint is gone and if a rust spot shows up, I spray paint it. Works for me. I feel like if he is parked in a parking lot with lots nicer looking trucks, he is probably safer from being stolen than the pretty ones.
39.2 miles today . 5617.3. Total
BikerAl Across America 2018 