I think its a pretty good photo, actually

Chris L has had some feet issues and decided to make some improvements to his shoes prior to the start today:

As we started off from the hotel and as we were going to lose an hour my words to the group were "let's not waste anytime today". We then biked 2 minutes and Karen, Harry and I spent 10 minutes taking a similar picture below. I do not believe that any person would believe that we were being chased by dinosaurs. I asked Karen to take my picture and after taking it she murmured something to the effect I think its a pretty good photo, actually. Maybe, but maybe not.

Today's ride was about getting from one hotel to another hotel. There was not much going on. We traveled on I-40 today. Sometimes the scenery was vast and beautiful, some times not. Mike J had a flat tire about 10 miles in and he was attempting to fix the flat when we passed him. I got a hot foot at the 50 mile mark and Karen lent me her water bottle which helped immensely. We stopped at the 62 mile SAG and Alec and I each had a soft taco. Barbie, Nancy and Champ joined us and we continued until we entered our third state, New Mexico at about mile 71.

We continued on to our hotel.

Holbrook, AZ Gallup, NM

Total Mileage 87.856

Ave MPH 15.9

Actual bike time 5:31:21Left hotel 7:15

Arrive hotel; 3:10 (actually we arrived at 2:10 as we lost an hour)

Tomorrow we will leave at 8:15 so we can "sleep-in late". I am sure that everyone will be ready by 7:15. Tom D (a Denver Nuggets fan) and I will watch the game together tonight.

Rich who started with us from LA and had the infamous Manhattan Beach accident with Willie left the tour today, He is going to meet up with us in Albuquerque. Rich added much levity to the day. You will be missed. Parting words from Rich:

Tracy's mom and dad are helping with the trip this year. Tracy's mom, Sally suffered the first injury of the tour, a sprained ankle. Tracy has an unnatural affinity to Dairy Queen (DQ). She marks each Dairy Queen on the cue sheets (these are the directional sheets that she gives us to navigate each day). I asked Tracy's dad, Fred if he was a fan of DQ