May 16 2023



 Today we rode from Holbrook Arizona to Gallup New Mexico. We crossed another state line. Today’s ride again was on interstate 40. The fun thing about today’s ride was that there were some up and down hills where I could go fast enough downhill to get either all the way up the hill or almost up the hills. Again the scenery wasn’t too exciting. It was again still somewhat of the desert, but when we got into New Mexico, the scenery drastically changed we buy it wasn’t totally flat anymore. They were some areas of elevation. we also were riding either through or alongside the Navajo reservation. At one of the SAG stops they were stores with souvenirs, as well as a place to get Indian bread. It’s similar to fried dough. It was delicious. I ended up riding 65 miles today and I can see how I’ve become a better writer since I first started.

I did not take many pictures today. One of these pictures was trying to describe how far I had written. Not sure that the picture captures it but I’m putting it in anyways. The second picture is the change in scenery from when we entered New Mexico.



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