TOMBSTONE – HOT, HOT, HOT. Don’t come here. It’s HOT!!.
Left New Mexico about 9:30 to what looked like rain down the road, but thought the sun would burn it off. Put the rain gear on about 15 minutes down the road cause it looked like it would get worse. Stopped at the Guadalupe Mountain Park to see nothing but fog. The only other vehicles there were motorcycles. Both of them had riders 2 up. We stood around and talked a bit, and then took off. The fog disappeared as I was riding, and since I wasn’t on an interstate, and there was virtually no traffic for as far as the eye could see, I just stopped and took some pictures. After a while, I started carrying the camera in my pocket and taking pictures as I was moving. Most of them didn’t turn out to well. I still wouldn’t have been fast enough to catch the Road Runner I saw. (no, not the car) I shed all the rain gear just outside of El Paso. The New Mexico mountains are very pretty, but also very far away so they don’t lend themselves to my little camera. Most of NM was about 90 degrees, but didn’t feel very hot. As soon as I crossed into Arizona, it was like someone turned on a switch and it got to 97. That was pretty warm. Decided to go to Tombstone just because the time will allow me to go, and to see what it was like. Pretty much a tourist thing, but the history behind it all still is still intriguing. Forced myself to shower and head into town to see what it’s all about. I determined that the beer I had at the Chrystal Palace was probably the best I ever had. If it were not for the fact that I was alone and on a motorcycle, there would have probably been a few more.
Hopefully, this will be a short day. I’m off to see Ron & Nancy Adams in Yuma. With the heat today, the less time on a bike – the better.
Left New Mexico about 9:30 to what looked like rain down the road, but thought the sun would burn it off. Put the rain gear on about 15 minutes down the road cause it looked like it would get worse. Stopped at the Guadalupe Mountain Park to see nothing but fog. The only other vehicles there were motorcycles. Both of them had riders 2 up. We stood around and talked a bit, and then took off. The fog disappeared as I was riding, and since I wasn’t on an interstate, and there was virtually no traffic for as far as the eye could see, I just stopped and took some pictures. After a while, I started carrying the camera in my pocket and taking pictures as I was moving. Most of them didn’t turn out to well. I still wouldn’t have been fast enough to catch the Road Runner I saw. (no, not the car) I shed all the rain gear just outside of El Paso. The New Mexico mountains are very pretty, but also very far away so they don’t lend themselves to my little camera. Most of NM was about 90 degrees, but didn’t feel very hot. As soon as I crossed into Arizona, it was like someone turned on a switch and it got to 97. That was pretty warm. Decided to go to Tombstone just because the time will allow me to go, and to see what it was like. Pretty much a tourist thing, but the history behind it all still is still intriguing. Forced myself to shower and head into town to see what it’s all about. I determined that the beer I had at the Chrystal Palace was probably the best I ever had. If it were not for the fact that I was alone and on a motorcycle, there would have probably been a few more.
Hopefully, this will be a short day. I’m off to see Ron & Nancy Adams in Yuma. With the heat today, the less time on a bike – the better.
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