Sunday June 7, Woke up groggy from a late night of cards and bourbon for an early start to a treacherous day. I knew better, Thompson wrote about the hazards of being in bat country and I was looking down the barrel of 500+ miles of pure bat country, driving a truck and a trailer that wants to kill me. So I guess if you are going to do something stupid you might as well be hungover. 12 hours of wasteland called Oklahoma and Texas. Yeah 12 hours later and we are still in Texas. The skies are getting dark, probably from the bats blocking out the skies. So we are hunkering down and pulling the blinds until they pass. Tomorrow ALBQ to meet up with Steph's brother and kiddos, if we survive the onslaught of bats tonight.
Today started out with an outing on back dirt roads to see the Mexican Hat up close and personal. We were hoping to be able to ride down to the San Juan River, but the descent was very steep with loose sand. We did get to the back side of the Mexican Hat though. After that on to the Valley of the Gods! WONDERFUL RIDE!!! The road through the valley was as perfect as we could ask for for a dirt/sand road. There was one time when my back wheel got a little squirrely on me in deep sand. I was to blame because I was riding in Ray Charles mode (swinging head left and right to catch all the sights) and didn’t pay attention to my immediate surroundings. It was very deep sand! But I made it and Kevin following made it through with no problems. Valley of the Gods is beyond words to describe! I’m so disappointed that my “go pro” camera was not rolling as we drove through the valley. I thought I’d turned it...
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