Thanks, Jim

Today started out with Karen getting the dreaded flat tube in the room. This is a mysterious tube disease that has happened to me twice and a few others. You wake up,check your tires and while you were sleeping you have had a flat.

The breakfast at The Sands was good and plentiful. We were ready for the day. The only problem was that I had not seen Harry. I knocked on his door. Apparently he had overslept. We ended up leaving about 15 minutes later than any other biker.

Jim also had a flat and he joined us for the first 19 miles. We usually start with a warm-up, but because Jim was riding with us, Harry decided to go out at 17 mph. At the 19 mile mark, we met this big cowboy.

Jim left us and joined another group in front of us. He did not even thank us for pulling him through the first 19. Harry pointed out that we should thank Jim for leaving us as we could slow down the pace. After that we slowed down and biked at a much more leisurely pace.

We then proceeded to the SAG. As Harry had only eaten a peanut bar, he ate 2 chicken sandwiches at the Dairy Queen (DQ). We spent about 45 minutes at DQ and then left for Oklahoma, our fifth state crossing. A few pictures of the crossing:

The first picture is the sign and second picture is Alec, Karen, Harry and myself . The next picture is the pretty Welcome to Oklahoma sign.

It was windy, but not as windy as yesterday so it was not that difficult. There is a lot of road kill (skunks, antelopes, gophers) and not that many truck tires. The truckers are considerate and when they pass us they try to move to the opposite lane. When the trucks pass us on our side there is a nice wind that helps us. When they pass on the opposite side (heading towards us) the wind after they pass pushes you pretty hard. The road itself was pretty flat as well.

Dalhart, TX - Guymon, OK

Miles 72.855

Ave. Mph 14.7

Actual bike time 4:45:00

Left hotel: 8:30

Arrive hotel 2:50