November 2011

Amarillo Adventure

30 November 2011

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Yes, it’s one of the rarest type of blog entry, a rest day. I found that the wind was blowing from the south at 25 mph so when Alex offered me a rest day, I jumped on the offer. Most of the day was spent chilling out, catching up on the blog, playing with my [...]

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Stratford -> Amarillo

29 November 2011

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I woke up wonderfully rested after my nights sleep in the motel. It was such a better sleep than I would have got if I’d been in my tent. Whilst packing up, I again thought how happy I was to have met Earl the night before. It’s so much faster getting ready in the morning [...]

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Manter -> Stratford

28 November 2011

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Having crossed back into Central Time, the sun didn’t come up until past 7. I was happy because even if the sun comes up at 6, lots of shops still don’t open until 8. With the sun coming up ‘later’, I could go to the gas station to fill up my water, important considering the [...]

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Kim -> Manter

27 November 2011

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I was awake before 7 and found Rita and Frank already up. Rita had heard that I eat tortillas sometimes during my trip so decided to make me a breakfast of homemade tortillas, bacon, eggs and hashed browns served with some green and red chilis that they had. It was a delicious way to start [...]

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Trinidad -> Kim

26 November 2011

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I had said my farewells to James the night before as I was expecting to be up and out early. The 75 miles between myself and the town of Kim didn’t concern me too much, but there was going to be a strong wind all day blowing from the north and east. Being a couple [...]

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Santa Fe -> Trinidad

25 November 2011

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After having a relaxing Thanksgiving with Rachel & Loic I was ready to ride off again. I was still unable to find my sunglasses & mirror, but REI didn’t open until past 10 which was later than I wanted to head out. I receieved some good fortune when Rachel & Loic gave me a pair [...]

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Albuquerque -> Santa Fe

23 November 2011

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With the carjacking on Monday and then being busy all of Tuesday, I hadn’t got round to fixing my puncture. I got up around 6:30, packed my things up and pumped up my spare tube to confirm that it held pressure. While waiting to see what happened, I borrowed Kyle’s clippers and cut my hair [...]

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La Joya -> Albuquerque

21 November 2011

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My tent pole which while bent had previously worked, hadn’t wanted to attach when I put it up. Thankfully, there was no wind and so it not being completely structurally stable hadn’t mattered too much. I was nearly finished packing when I was startled by the noise of guns being fired. It took me a [...]

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Truth or Consequences -> La Joya

20 November 2011

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Despite not going to sleep until past midnight, I woke up just after 6. Jagger had said he wouldn’t be up until 8 and I didn’t want to leave without saying goodbye so I used the time to catch up on computing things. He had suggested that I stay for at least another night as [...]

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Hanover -> Truth or Consequences

19 November 2011

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I had planned to get up around 6, but the bed in the caravan was so comfortable that I didn’t wake up until more like 7:30. I wandered over to the house and found Dave in the kitchen preparing breakfast burritos while Pat was outside feeding the animals. After we each had one, I was [...]

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Silver City -> Hanover

18 November 2011

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Having managed to do Safford to Silver City in a day, I had spent a day resting as I was ahead of schedule. It was glorious. I didn’t leave the apartment, caught up on lots of TV shows, the blog and some but not all of my emails. I also looked at maps and thought [...]

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Safford -> Silver City

16 November 2011

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JJ’s alarm went off on his phone, I rolled over and saw it was 5:30. If I was going to manage the ride to Silver City in a day I needed to head out early. Mons had hosted 40+ people the previous spring and only one person had ridden that distance in a day and [...]

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