17-04-24 Day 16

Santa Fe, NM to Santa Rosa, NM

I'm very excited to give you an up-date on gifts given to the Cheryl Kay Foundation. In the past few days we received two gifts totaling $175.00. THANK YOU to Lewis D. and Cheri S. With these two gifts we are now at a grand total of $1,200.00!!! Given our goal we still have some work to do but Karen and I are confident, with your help and support, we'll meet or exceed our goal. Please don't forget about our "NIGHT IN FOR CHERYL" challenge we put forth in our blog on 4-22-17. Check it out!

Trip mileage including today 4/24.       1131 miles
Cheryl Kay Goal @ $2 per Mile.             $2,262.00
Current amount gifted.                           $1,200.00

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Yes, you read the cities above correctly,  following our map set we covered 115 miles today.  We mounted the bikes @ 7 am leaving the Bobcat Inn headed for Pecos. Beautiful cool temp ride that took us eventually past the Pecos National Historical Park.  Overall, this was not the most direct route, but semi bike friendly route.  What I mean by semi bike friendly is the roads were good, but support for beverages and food was limited.  Basically we carried our supplies the first 40 miles and the last 60 miles of the trip with only one stop in between.  That one main stop was Romeroville, NM which was a typical interstate pull off station - gas, food, bathrooms.  We split a subway turkey flatbread and returned to the road for a 42 mile ride on Route 84 south.

The trip was mainly uneventful except for the WIND.  We went from a tailwind to a crosswind and back to a tailwind.  The gusts this afternoon were 40-50 mph. We stopped on an overpass to enter the final leg of our journey,  the wind was so strong I had to literally brace myself and bike to hold my ground.  Getting back on the bike was a struggle.  It was relentless.  The silver lining today was the 17 mile stretch into Santa Rosa, wind at our backs, we covered 17 miles in 45 minutes. Any cyclist would agree the wind pushing you from behind and just cruising is awesome.

Headed for dinner and wind still gusting in our faces, URGH!

Looking over Santa Rosa from hotel