Deflated?

After spending the night in Moriarty at a hotel (no camp grounds for miles), we woke at 4:30 and continued east to Santa Rosa. Looking at an 80 mile day, we tried to pick up the pace but were surprised by a pretty constant grade climb for an hour. Only averaging 12 mph, we had our first flat. Evan picked up a staple from truck retread in the back tire. That thing went flat quick! Spending 45 minutes changing that, pumping endlessly on the small pump we have, we took a break at a rest stop a few miles up the road.

About 15 minutes after we left that stop, I got a flat in the back tire from the same thing. Just testing the ground, Evan rubbed the asphalt with a magnet and we picked up 4 staples, just like we found in our tires, within one foot of us. I guess we've just been lucky so far. After those, we stayed at an average of 20.2 mph for 50 more miles.

A wreck occured along the way that stopped traffic long enough to yell at the folks that passed us close on the highway. Getting that off our chest, we headed into Santa Rosa after 81.68 miles of riding.

Jumping off Highway 40, we looked for our campsite on Route 66 and realized that this large town, with three exits, was pretty barren. We arrived at Santa Rosa RV, the only place to camp in town, and found a flat piece of earth to sleep on. Tonight we'll sleep well and head to Tucumcari tomorrow morning. From what we hear, Tucumcari is a pretty nice town and our last stop in New Mexico.