New Mexico!

Greetings,

Well, besides crossing the Arizona/New Mexico border, things have not been quite as exciting lately. We made it 70 miles to the small town of Lordsberg, New Mexico. Unfortunately, the next morning we woke up to a snow blizzard and all of the roads leading out of town being closed. Consequently, we stayed in our motel room for one more day, with hopes of hitting the road again tomorrow morning.

Now that we are getting in better shape, long days on a bike are becoming more enjoyable and less exhausting. As long as the terrain isn't too mountainous and the wind isn't slowing us down, 70 mile days can be accomplished without a problem. We are happy that things are getting easier, and can only hope that the weather allows us to continue making progress across the southern half of the United States.

Tomorrow we hope to be in Deming, day after is Las Cruces, and the day after that, El Paso. We have begun looking at Texas, and as a result of the weather, may choose a different route. We have also realized that Texas is a country in itself, and may consume up to 1/3rd of our total trip mileage!

We look forward to riding again, and enjoy hearing from you. We would like to once again thank all of you who are following our progress, and who at one point or another, were involved in our trip.

Kevin