The morning dawned, cold and gray and damp again. The forecast was the same as yesterday: cold and cloudy in the morning, sunny afternoon, high of high 50s, east wind. We watched the weather channel and saw the forecast for the plains for the next 3 days...the same or worse weather. There was a massive front, unseasonable cold, record lows, snow to the north, rain all around. It would be another late start today, and perhaps not enough hours in the day to reach our destination.
We thought long and hard, then decided to abort the mission. We could have hunkered down in La Junta for a few days, to wait until the weather cleared, but we did have to get home before too long. The trip from La Junta, CO to Pratt, KS would have to wait and be our first four days of our adventure next fall as we continue across the country to the coast of Virginia.
We loaded up the RV and headed back to Taos, thinking about the 1579 miles we did cover from the coast of California to eastern Colorado. We were on the road 34 days, riding 30 of those days, 118 hours on the bikes. We climbed, we descended, we sweated, we froze, we laughed, and yes, we almost cried a few times. We were challenged and rewarded.
It was an incredible journey.
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Well done, ladies.
ReplyDeleteYeehah!
ReplyDeleteQuads of steel get to rest and excellent coverage with all the photos.
First chance to see what you were posting, thinking you were about to wrap it up in the flat lands of Kansas - that's ok, more fun to finish in our scenery!
Congrats.