Blanding, UT to Albuquerque, NM

Stage 5 of the Tour de Oshkosh began in Blanding, UT and retraced the last few miles of my trip yesterday. I decided to change the intended route for the day and backtrack to get a picture of a rock formation that I saw as I was leaving Bluff, UT. The picture above shows a rock formation known as the Navajo Twins. From there I headed east to visit the Four Corners Monument. Apparently somebody messed up when it was surveyed and the actual four corners is a couple of miles away but it was fun watching people try to stand in four states at one time.

After that I headed towards Cortez, CO and then turned south on U.S. 491 to Gallup, NM where I actually rode on a small part of Historic Route 66 - "The Mother Road". Route 66 parallels I-40 across New Mexico and I will hopefully have a chance to travel a few more miles on it next week.

Well this brings me to my first interruption of this journey as I have business meetings next week in Albuquerque beginning on Monday. Next Thursday the ride will resume as I head out across Texas to spend the weekend with my parents. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as it has thus far.

Apparently there were some technical difficulties regarding the ability to post comments but I believe those are ironed out now.

Thanks for the prayers. They are working as I have been able to avoid most of the afternoon storms that tend to pop out of nowhere around here. I know it is because of your prayers that they are staying just out of range. Each of the last three afternoons I thought I was going to get really wet and except for the one shower yesterday afternoon I have only had a few drops on my windshield. The clouds and showers have been a blessing as that has helped to keep things cooler than I was expecting.

Have a Happy Sabbath.

7-31-09 Stats

1,831 miles down - 4,360 miles to go - 29.6% complete
States - UT, AZ, NM, CO