Day 11

We left Santa Fe and left route 66 for a while and went on the turquoise trail where we stopped at a place called Madrid, where they filmed Wild Hogs, a famous fim apparently, but Mr and Mrs Pakes have never seen it but will do when they get home, then they can say we've been there.  We then went into Alberquerque for lunch, where I tasted some guacomole which was great.  Then we saw some cacti and Mr Pakes sat me on top, OW!

We rode on and came across some very strong cross winds for the rest of the journey which Mr Pakes managed brilliantly.While we were riding down the rode we passed a freight train which Mrs Pakes videoed and when we watched it Mr Pakes worked out it was about three quarters of a mile long! We saw some fantastic scenery again and then stopped off at the continental divide, this was near where Billy Connolly dropped his trike!

We then rode on to Gallup and arrived just after 6.30, the earliest we have arrived so far.