Day 12
Albuquerque, NM to Amarillo, TX
Today was… Magical. Glorious. Stupendous. And every other superlative I can think of. I got 10 hours of deep sleep, so I felt much better this morning. The Atomic Shovel was in a particularly good mood today. She only stalled once this morning when she was still tired. After that, she ran like a champ.
It was an easy day. Only 6 hours. Sunshine and relatively cool air the entire day. I caught myself daydreaming a couple times and had to pull U-turns both times, but I could actually do them because I was rested. When I get tired, my riding skills go to shit and my turns get very wide. But this morning, I was on it.
So the ride to Amarillo was effortless. Almost too easy…. But who’s complaining?!
I went back down the dirt/paved road, and this time, there were cows grazing right beside the pavement! I had to stop and take a pic. How is it that cows always look completely non-plussed?!
While I was stopped, I screen-captured the road a well because I wanted to remember it.
I had a goal for this day if the weather held, which it did. I wanted to get a photo of the Atomic Shovel in front of Cadillac Ranch. It would have been super cool to ride right up to it, but alas, there were gates. So I rolled up in front of it on the road, and a gentleman was nice enough to snap my pic. Mission accomplished!
I knew I was going to get some great photos on this trip, but THIS photo was the one I wanted more than any other. 74 FLH in front of a 1974 art installation that I have been singing about most of my life.
The Atomic Shovel 