WHEN WE WOKE UP IT WAS REALLY WINDY SO I TOOK MY TIME GETTING GOING.WE HUNG OUT WATCHED SOME TV.WE WERE COOKING WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN WE HEARD A COMOTION AT THE FRONT OF KARENS CAR.THATS WHEN WE SAW THAT BIRD IN THE PICTURE.IT IS A ROAD RUNNER LIKE IN THE CARTOONS.IT WAS TRYING TO GRAB A BUG OFF OF THE HOOD OF HER CAR.IT GOT THE BUG AND THEN WENT INTO THE FIELD.I TOOK SOME PHOTOS AND FOOTAGE OF HIM AND TRIED TO GET HIM TO FLY BECAUSE IM NOT SURE IF THEY DO OR NOT.HE DID'NT ACT SCARED HE JUST KEPT HIS DISTANCE BUT WOULD NOT FLY.I LEFT ELIDA,NM AT 1:15PM AND RODE 30 MILES BY 2:45PM.WE HAD LUNCH AND I GOT GOING PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE THE WIND WAS ON MY SIDE IN A BIG WAY.SO AT 3:05PM IT CARRIED ME ANOTHER 20 MILES TO THE TEXAS BORDER IN AN HOUR.THATS WHEN WE STOPPED TO TAKE THE PICTURES AT THE TEXAS STATUE AND SIGN.AFTER A 20 MINUTE BREAK I RODE/GOT CARRIED BY THE WIND ANOTHER 53 MILES BY 7:45PM TO HEREFORD,TX TOTALING 103 MILES FOR THE DAY.WE BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 86 MILES IN A DAY WITH 103.BY WE I MEAN ME AND THE WIND.IF THAT WIND WAS AGAINST ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WAY DIFFERENT STORY.WE WENT FROM ROUTE 70E TO 60E AND THROUGH OUR SECOND TIME ZONE AS WELL.WE STAYED IN HEREFORD,TX AND HAD DINNER AT QUIRKS FEED ALOT ON ROUTE 60.IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh--this reminds me of that famous Lighting McQueen quote, "I'm a precision instrument of speed and aerodynamics" except that in your case, the aerodynamics part is more like a sail. Way to break the mile barrier--103, dude, you are sick!
ReplyDeleteKnew you could do it. Mighty JoeMan rides again. Remember when I used to call you Boy? Haha. The pictures are really cool. -Dad
ReplyDeleteAwesome job-Jen.