Winter or Wind-ter?

After my run in with the snow, and the fact that my body was exhausted, I ended up staying an extra day in Las Cruces and half of that was spent sleeping. It warmed up a bit the next day and I headed down the interstate. There is a designated cycling route north of the interstate, but I knew it spent a lot of its time in the mountains. I'd hoped the interstate avoided this...it did. I had two flats and a slow leak on my way to Deming.

I made it in and fixed what needed fixed. The next day I headed to Lordsburg and hoped to camp. It was going to be thirty bucks on a gravel lot. It was a bit more for a room and breakfast, so I did that. I crossed the continental divide on my way to Lordsburg, but it hasn't all been downhill since then.

I crossed into Arizona today. It was supposed to rain, but I figured I could make it. I got to Duncan and it was windy and rainy and the clouds weren't pretty. I stopped and checked the weather and saw a winter advisory that wasn't there earlier. I called home to see if there was anything they could see. I was going to have a mountain pass and forty miles to go. I ended up waiting about an hour and then layered up and took off. I continued to pray for it to clear up. As I climbed the rain slowed and then stopped. I had a slow leak so I stopped and fixed it. I then proceeded on and eventually cleared the pass. The rain was all around me but God kept it off me. I got to town and found a place to stay.

I am slowly getting my energy and drive for this trip back. The rain hurts, but God keeping it away helps. I have about two weeks till Vegas and then get a week of rest. It has been nearly six months since I started this trip. I have about one more pass before Tempe and then I should be away from the snow and freezing weather for a while.