It just wasn't meant to be, at least not yet.

As we mount the bikes early in the morning and set out to make the trip to winslow, we're pumped that the east is in finally in sight. We get about 25 miles along our route and reach a road block thats turning all traffic back west, since the windstorm is so bad. Constant wind of 45-55 mph with gusts up to 75 mph. A huge dust storm is also brewing in the open spaces between here and Winslow making the ride not safe at all.
So in the keeping of the trip were back to the same town again and going to get a cheap motel to ride out the windstorm since pitching a tent is asking to destroy it. We plan to be up before the sun tomorrow and possibly to our campsite by 9-10am.