Sky City, NM. 474 km

Another beautiful sunny ride. We were in 3 states today: UT, AZ and NM. Interesting sandstone formation scenery leading into juniper-pinyon pine forest.

View over Doug's shoulder

We spent part of the time on HWY 191 through the Navajo reservation.  Encountered beggars at each stop - hanging around restaurants and gas stations. You could smell the alcohol breath from great distance and even with helmets still on! It was pretty depressing seeing how desolate the farms were with mostly old single wide trailers, no trees and sparse grass for the cows. Going around one corner on the highway we came across a herd of beautiful horses with 6 colts that were on the wrong side of the fence. Tried to decide if they were wild or just escapees! We did stop at a native trading post and looked around but did not buy anything. One beautiful Navajo blanket was selling for $2700. At one small town of I40 we encountered a neat schoolyard complete with treehouse and slide leading off it.

Here is another shot of the metal art we saw yesterday.

Another warm day of riding: 22C to 32.5C.

Tomorrow we will be in Ruidoso for the Oak Ridge Boys concert.