Welcome to Kansas. Today was a short 42 mile ride from Guymon, OK to Liberal, Kansas. The high school team here are the Redskins. Liberal? Indeed not! Last night we had a ferocious thunderstorm in Guymon, and today we skirted more storms to our south and east. Alas, tomorrow they should catch up with us.…

Today was an easy 73 mile downhill cruise from Dalhart, Texas to Guymon, Oklahoma. The day started cool with a heavy fog/light drizzle that persisted through most of the ride. It never got hot, it never quite rained, and the wind was never an issue. The horizon is a long way off in this part…

Today was mostly a quiet day travelling Northeast on US 54 to Dalhart, Texas. We’ll be riding on this arrow straight road for the next 3 days. We were able to skirt the morning rains but we could not avoid the steady northeast wind. We were riding from left to right. Because of the wind…

Today we had a beautiful 109 mile ride through remote New Mexico from Las Vegas to Tucumcari. We were told it was named “The Loneliest Highway in America” but actual documentation of this is sparse. It’s a very quiet road with endless views. No rain, no hail, no flats, and no oppressive heat. All this…

Today we crossed the highest point on the tour and completed our first 1000 miles, as clearly shown in binary form above. For those of you who, like Chad, don’t fully appreciate my nerd humor, there’s this: The day started brisk and clear in Santa Fe. We climbed about 1000 feet over the next 20…

Rest day #2 allowed us to sleep in, do laundry, wash the bikes, and do a little sightseeing in Santa Fe. Central Santa Fe was hopping on Saturday afternoon with art fairs, musicians in the plaza, and people everywhere. We couldn’t even get in to the Georgia O’Keeffe museum as it was sold out. Santa…

Today was a long fast downhill from Grants to Albuquerque, New Mexico. 79 miles at 20 mph for the first 2/3. Then some excellent fish tacos at a little place in Albuquerque. Dinner at Applebee’s was just a shade above last night’s feast at Denny’s. Chad was unable to ride today. To be more correct,…

Today we rode from Gallup to Grants, New Mexico, 66 miles. We climbed to the Continental Divide and then had a long, luxurious coast to Grants. On the way up we encountered construction on I-40 where the eastbound highway was one lane with no shoulder. With safety in mind we collected ourselves into one big…

This morning Chad and I left with the early crowd so we could detour through Petrified Forest National Park. The ride from Holbrook to Gallup, New Mexico went mostly east on I-40, which crosses directly through the park. Chad couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit national park #15. We had beautiful sweeping views of the…