Not much to report today. We rode about 320 miles up to the northern end of New Mexico. We are right up against the Navajo Nation and right away you notice an obvious amount of poverty. In some areas, there's an almost third world look to the place. We'll only be here one night before riding up into Utah.
Once we got up onto I-40, our elevation above sea level averaged between 7000 and 7200 feet. I haven't experienced interstate speeds on my bike at that altitude but once above about 6500 feet, the engine became a bit anemic. Coupled with a very stiff headwind, the bike was noticeably slower to accelerate above 70 mph and even with full throttle, struggled to get above 80 mph. Oh well, not much I can do about it!
Tomorrow, we'll go by the Four Corners Monument so we should have some good pics to post.
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