We headed out at 5:15am (central time) and made it to Gallup New Mexico at 5:20 pm (eastern standard time).  Roughly 13 hours of travel time, probably around 12 hours ride time…we made really good time.  The day started out with sprinkles, overcast till noon and partly cloudy when we arrived at Gallup.  Overall it was a pleasant day to ride. We dodged a fairly large thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico.  When we stopped to take off our rain gear I snapped a shot of monolithic mesa (see above).  Bikes ran great, these old bodies are holding up well…not bad for 12hours in the saddle.

Were settled in at Holiday Inn…Dad’s already asleep – just realized I forgot my earplugs!

We will leave in the morning and do our best to make it to Bakersfield CA…roughly a 11 hour ride.