I have been remiss in updating this blog. After doing so much riding the past several days, I have been exhausted in the evening.

I left Montrose at 5:30am Sunday morning. Jed and I headed down Colorado 149 ( Silver Thread Scenic Byway) and saw some of the most beautiful scenery yet, especially Lake San Cristobal. HOLY COW! Absolutely beautiful...and COLD!!! Coming through Slumgullion Pass, it was 38 degrees. BRRRRRR!!!!!

We followed 149 down to Creede, Colorado and filled up with gas and food. We wanted to go through Wolf Creek Pass and Pagosa Springs, but time really didn't permit.

We continued on to Almosa, over to Walsenburg, down to Raton, New Mexico and over to Dalhart, Texas and down to Amarillo. In Amarillo, Jed and I separated. He continued on to Houston, and I started for Knoxville. I made it as far as Erik, Oklahoma the first day. I would have gone on to Oklahoma City, but storms in the area helped me make the decision to stop early.

And then it happened. Terrible storms came into the area and this morning, I had to head out in it. From Erik, OK all the way to the Oklahoma - Arkansas border, it rained. And boy did it rain! HARD RAIN! I was soaked to the bone. When I finally got to Little Rock, I decided it was time to change clothes and warm up a little. And warm up I (it) did. The sun came out and so did the heat and humidity! ARGH!!!!! 94 degrees and 80% humidity! From one extreme to the other. GEEZ!

After leaving Little Rock heading west on I-40, a car in the westbound land decided he didn't like the direction he was going so he proceeded across the median and into oncoming and right into two semi's! It was bad. I was about a mike back from the accident. I didn't see it happen, but I saw the aftermath about an hour later. Between the rain, the accident and me not hot on riding at night, I've decided to stop just outside of Nashville, Tennessee.

I'm exhausted! I'm not getting on the road till at least 9am in the morning. I am so looking forward to getting a good nights sleep.

Unfortunately, my camera is locked up in the bike and the bike is covered and I really don't feel like walking downstairs and digging it out...so you'll have to wait till tomorrow for all the pictures.

Stay tuned....