The day didn’t start out very well.  We were about 2 hours north on Route 385 towards our destination, Pueblo, Colorado.  Colton’s bike snapped a pinch bolt on one of the front forks.  Most of the oil that fills the forks ended up all over Colton and the motorcycle.  We had to backtrack about 50 miles to Tripp Harley Davidson in Amarillo, Texas. (It was like we were never, ever going to get out of Texas!) We got to Tripp around 1pm and didn’t end up leaving until 5 o’clock.  At least we got to have a rest and grab some lunch at Hooters.

We were still determined to get to Pueblo today!

From Amarillo, we were able to find a backroad (Route 1061).  That cut out some of Route 40 which we had taken earlier that day.  What is amazing is that the roads that we consider to be backroads have speed limits of 70 mph. Those roads have nothing on them.

Anyway, we made it back to Route 385 and connected to Route 87 to Route 25 North to Pueblo.

We enjoyed rding through the northeast corner of New Mexico where there was seriously beautiful scenery.

Finally got to Colorado.

Still, a 500 mile day.

Tomorrow, we look forward to seeing the Rockies.

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