Day 11 & 12: Recap

Ok so day 8 found us riding trail from Salida through the lower Colorado mountains. We made it to the border where we camped the night in rainy conditions.  The morning of day 9 found us pushing into New Mexico's clay-like soil and the crashes ensued. We moved about 2 miles in a total of one hour or so of insane slippery, muddy conditions. We were dropping the bikes left an right and I had a pretty big wreck where I went over the handlebars and landed on my noggen. (I'm good to go and so is the bike - also I got it all on video too so watch for the vid-doc in a few weeks)  We ended up calling it because of conditions and continued to our destination on the roads.  It was at that point that Goda realized his rear shock had been compromised.  We stopped in the only bike dealer in 100 miles and found that the damping was not working properly but they didn't know why.  From the sounds of it, it isn't a dealbreaker by any means but certainly something to consider.

Long story short, that crash shook me up so we've decided to switch it up a bit and ditch the last two sections of trail for some interesting roads. Were planning to hit the infamous highway 191 today as we make our way to the border of Mexico. The "devil's highway" is a piece of American highway history and one of the crown jewels of motorcyclists everywhere. We'll be sure to take plenty of video.

Here's a coupla pics from the last two days.

Location:U.S. 550,Cuba,United States