Mileage update after Day 8

Todays mileage : 210 miles
Total mileage : 1500 miles

Dinner at the local microbrewery

Tonight we ate at Carver Brewing Co. Durango, a local microbrewery with a fine selection of ales on offer. It proved a popular spot with tourers and we bumped into quite a few over the course of the evening.

Travelling in convoy with Mav

This afternoons drive was a fairly relaxed blat in convoy with Mav and a few others. No major dramas although my water temperature has been noticeably higher today, not dangerously so but enough to warrant some investigation tomorrow.

Group congregates for lunch

The one good aspect about limited choice for lunch stops is that the group tends to congregate at one place so you get a chance to meet a few more of the tourers. Today we stopped at the High Country Restaurant.......unfortunately too late for the all u can eat breakfast buffet.

Mile after mile of open space

Coming from the almost miniscule country of Northern Ireland it really is staggering to experience the vast expanse of America, it is quite possible to drive for miles without any sign of human habitation other than the road we are driving on. Every time you come over the crest of a hill the landscape extends before you with the road disappearing to the horizon.

Back on the road towards Durango

Today sees us back on the road today. We will leave New Mexico behind and cross into Colorado where we begin our ascent into the Rocky Mountains. We have set off reasonably early so hopefully with a stop for lunch we should make Durango mid afternoon.