Devil's Highway

Okay, shorter post today.

I woke up to 33°F, put on all of my cold weather gear, and headed towards AZ-191, Devil's Highway. It gets up to almost 9,000 ft of elevation, so there was still snow, but the only thing I found in the road were rocks, pine cones, seeming piles of poo, and whitetail deer...all of which I was able to dodge. By the time I got to the end, it was about 75° and I was dying, so all the gear came off.

I rode back into New Mexico heading for Hatch via Lake Valley Scenic Byway, which is short but a pretty cool road as long as there's no water in all the dips.

After dodging tumbleweeds at 80 mph, I rode past White Sands and popped on to Holloman Air Force Base to grab a couple of photos. It was still very warm in Alamogordo, but I was headed 70 miles north.

As soon as the sun dropped, the temperature must have dropped 30° at least. And the wind still hadn't let up. Neither had the tumbleweeds. After I got smashed by a couple of good-sized ones, and with the gusts blowing me all over the road, and with no auxiliary lights working, and with the temperature down to at least 45 with the wind chill way lower than that, I decided to get a room. I also needed a shower...really needed a shower 🤣.

It was a great day of riding, but I'm honestly not looking forward to riding in the morning if the weather is still like this. 🤞

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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