DAY 13 FRI 4/16/10 46 MILES

THE NIGHT BEFORE WE STAYED AT AN RV JOINT FOR $15.THE PEOPLE WERE VERY NICE.RICK AND JUDY HALL WERE THE OWNERS.SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS IN THE COUNTRY WESTERN HALL OF FAME 3 TIMES.AS I WAS LEAVING OUT FOR THE DAY KAREN REALIZED THAT HER CAR BATTERY WAS DEAD SO I CAME BACK AND WE JUMPED IT WITH THE OWNERS OLD PICK UP AND GOT ON OUR WAY PRETTY QUICKLY.I STARTED RIDING AT 1PM IN BOWIE,AZ AND GOT TO LORDSBURG,NM AT 6:30PM AND 46 MILES LATER.WE ALSO WENT THROUGH A TIME ZONE.I ONLY DID 46 BECAUSE THERE WAS A MASSIVE HEADWIND ALL DAY.I WAS DOING 8 MPH MOST OF THE TIME.IT WAS BRUTAL.I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP GOING BUT WE WERE AT A NICE REST STOP,IT WAS GETTING DARK AND THE BIGGEST REASON IS BECAUSE I WAS BEAT.THE REST STOP HAD ELECTRICITY THAT WAS NICE.APPEARNTLY NEW MEXICO IS VERY WINDY ALOT OF THE TIME.KAREN USED TO LIVE HERE AND SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOOT IT.SHE WAS ALSO SAYING THAT IT USUALLY DIES DOWN TOWARD THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY WHICH I FOUND TO BE TRUE FOR THE MOST PART SO FAR.THERE WAS A STORM TODAY SO THE WINDS WERE A LITTLE WORST THAN USUAL.A PIECE OF THE STORM JUST CAUGHT ME.THE AIR WAS WARM AND IT WAS A QUICK MOVING STORM SO I KEPT GOING.I ONLY HAD TO RIDE IN THE RAIN FOR ABOOT 6 OR 7 MILES AND AFTERWARD I DRIED OFF BEFORE I KNEW IT.THE ONLY THING I DID TO PREPARE FOR THE RAIN WAS PUT THE WATERPROOF COVERS ON MY SATTLE BAGS AND A SHOPPING BAG OVER MY SLEEPING BAG SO ALL MY STUFF WOULDNT GET WET.I DO HAVE RAIN GEAR FOR ME IF IT GETS REAL BAD.