Last Day for Billy The Kid - 276 miles

Well, Billy's last day was 128 years ago, but we visited him today.

Our last motel was very nice. They gave us a suite instead of just a room so no headache for the cat.

Jack and Linda arrived on the button of 8.00am and we departed Portales NM for "Home".

We were to travel all in New Mexico and the country reminds us very much of home. There were wide open spaces, long lonley roads and even a salt lake or two.

There were also trains. Lots of trains. Several of them were carrying UPS and FedEx semi-trailers. Hundreds of them.

We got to Fort Sumner and visited a Billy The Kid museum. It was good to see some of the artifacts from the times even if it was a little disturbing to know that some of the items are the same as some in our garage at home. Then it was a short ride out to the gravesite for a quick look.

Back on the road we saw more open country and more trains then stopped in at Willard, a small village. But it had a cantina which had a whole section for bike parking only. Nice. Inside was a bar and cafe. We had a bite to eat. I had a bowl of the hottest chili I have ever had. Certainly cleared up the sinuses.

Approaching Albuquerque, Jack took the lead and kept us off the I-40 superslab. It made for a pleasant ride being able to travel at "normal" speed and see the speedsters - cars and trucks - on the interstate nearby.

Then it was dive in to Albuquerque traffic until we rolled in to Jack and Linda's.

80 days of riding with only a couple of breaks was over. Now to clean up BRed, make him presentable and get ready for the trip home.

Just a few photos today:

Old jets are everywhere

Billy The Kid museum in Fort Sumner

The fore-runner to the Spyder?

An old Studebaker Champion. This is possibly a 1951/2, big change in design from the old bullet-nose 1950 design.

Does this mean I can go that fast?

Willard Cantina - makers of hot chili

This'd be scary in headlights

Approaching Albuquerque

Back "Home"

21124 miles - 33798 kilometres