It's not easy to go claim that title, however we woke in Kansas, breakfasted in Oklahoma, spent 2 hours in New Mexico and finally came to rest in Colorado! All in a very eventful 200 miles that saw the first off of the trip, with me loosing the front end in mud and ending in the corn field. That was not the end of it and there was another get off for me again in mud, so only a bruised ego and some very mucky clothes.
No harm was done and we continued on in to New Mexico and reached an altitude of 6200 feet. We reach the Colorado town of Trinidad around 3.30pm, as we have gained an hour crossing in to mountain time zone. We are all relived to be taking a break, we have covered 1700 miles, which on dirt bikes is a long haul. We pull up to the Days Inn to find the best motel we have stayed in, raised up on a hill, with a clear view of the snow capped Rockies in the distance.
Simon suffered a similar misfortune but also managed to get stuck in one horrible section and shile we tried of avoid another bad patch, got caught up in some fence wire .
We dump off our dusty and muddy gear with great pleasure, take a quick shower and head out to a bar for some much needed cd beer and some food. Trinidad is a sleep small town , with not much going on, but with nice chilled atmosphere, perhaps this has something to do with the free and legal availability of marihuana?!
Sunday 5th July - today is laundry and bike maintenance, we also give them a blast with s jet wash to get rid of the mud and dust. Simons CCM is a constant worry, it's only had relatively minor issues, however I'm always concerned about the "what if " as there is no dealer back up or knowledge of this bike in the U.S. The fact that is has a flat battery after so many days of constant use only hi lights this worry. We get it going with jump leads, but the question of why it's flat remains.
During our maintenance the sky blackens and a Thurber storm erupts with tropical like down pour and eventually hail a centimetre across.
With blue skies back again and the bikes all finished, except Simons which he is still working on, we have some large JDs and come around the pool 😎
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