While we were in Lordsburg we celebrated our 20 year anniversary. We made a special video for you. Check it out at www.youtube.com/outbikin. It is labeled Lordsburg, NM.
When we left Lordsburg it was in the 40's and now the wind was blowing out of the east! Guess which direction we were heading?? East! It was a very cold, windy start. We got back on Interstate 10 and headed into the wind. In addition we had a very slight climb over the Continental Divide. It wasn't much of an elevation change but with the wind it made for a difficult day. The temperature never did get much higher than 50 degrees. We stopped at a Trading Post rest area for drinks and to get warm. The scenery did change alittle. More scrubby grass and we could see mountains in the distance. We are riding just south of Albuqueque NM. But there just wasn't much to see. Not a fun day of cycling for sure. We stopped again at another exit with a trading post and a DQ. No, we did not have a Blizzard it was way to cold for that! But we were both starved. Fighting the wind all day will do that to you. We were able to get off of the interstate for the last 20 miles or so. There was a frontage road that took us into Deming. We had a coupon for a hotel so once we got into town we called to find out where it was. There was a Walmart just before the hotel so we stopped for salad fixins for dinner. By the time we got to the hotel it was getting dark and COLDER! We are hoping for a better day tomorrow.
This morning we woke up to a downpour! And it was about 40 degrees. Nope, not riding today! We decided to see if we could rent a car and drive back to Lordsburg and get the mail that wasn't there the day before. We called the Lordsburg Post Office and sure enough it was in. We called a car rental place in Deming and yes they did have a car we could rent. They came to pick us up and we drove back to Lordsburg and picked up our mail. We learned a lesson though. 2-3 day delivery doesn't guarentee delivery in 2-3 days. In this case it was 6 days. Good to Know! You can see how hard it was raining in one of the pictures above. It is a picture from inside the car as I was looking out at the rain. Don't you just love to look OUT at rain instead of BEING out in the rain!! I know I do. Hopefully tomorrow we can ride. Although this rain is supposed to last another day. We'll see. Our next stop will be Las Cruces NM. And then on to El Paso, Texas. Until next time................
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