Sunday July 26

Santa Fe, NM to Gallup, NM - 199 miles

We left Santa Fe at 8:45 am after fill'er up.  We took the US 66 route all the way to Albuquerque.  We had a ride break at the Old Town for a half hour.  It was cool morning.

It is no longer possible to ride the historic route uninterrupted.  We had to configure our own bypasses.  We accessed some non-maintained roadways so this may mean that it must be at our own risk.  

We could see the cloudburst ahead us so we'd better get our rain gear on otherwise we would be completely soaked wet.  We survived the rain for thirty minutes.  It was fun and cool.

We winded through a picture-post card landscape.  The Land of Enhancement!

All of different groups of bikers went on their own way to where they chose to go but we ended up meeting at the crossroad at the Continental Divide at the same time.  How?  Was it Deaf time?  Wow!  All 15 bikers plus passengers did and we exchanged tales.  It was unfortunate that Howie Virnig went on ahead alone to Gallup; however he did enjoy himself in his own world.

We arrived at Gallup at 4:30 pm.  It was 84 degree.  We dined at a cozy restaurant at downtown.