834.6 miles today, for a total of 1910.4 miles in the past 40 hours.
Got caught in a freezing drizzle in El Paso this afternoon. I knew it was cold but I had my heated gear cranked up. When I slowed to turn in to the dealership (the largest in the world?) I opened my face shield and quickly realized it was freezing drizzle....pelted in the face with little ice chips. That was a first. And for some reason I would have never associated El Paso, Texas with snow capped mountains surrounding it.

I'm currently in Lordsburg, New Mexico.....exactly 22 miles form the Ariz. state line and it's 31F tonight. Don't think I'll be leaving at 3 or 4 am tomorrow.

But, if I should and make it home by 1:00pm....that would be near ocean to ocean in 60 hours.
The back pain is still at bay......amazingly. Thank you God! No coincidences here, He gets all the credit. But I do have all the stiff, sore, achey muscles that one gets at my age doing these kind of rides. Have to have a talk with yourself prior to stopping....."o.k. legs....get ready......this is going to take real effort and concentration not just spontaeous action".
