We started the morning back tracking a section of highway. The temperatures were good in relation to our gear level and the winds were manageable.  As we pushed north the winds and all sounds just seemed to stop. It was odd, there we are cruising at highway speed and suddenly all sounds just disappeared and there was no longer the feeling of wind against your face. After a few seconds of this limbo, I check in with Swampkat and he’s getting the same experience. It was a pretty interesting effect. We think it was causes by wind moving with our direction of travel and at about the same speed. Once again, we’re not scientologists so how would we know.
We excited the highway and were immediately blasted by the south to north wind. There were some moments of respite here and there, but the wind was with us the rest of the time. A little rain near the end of the day and a surprising drop in temperature. Lemme tell you,  I will not be skipping the long johns tomorrow.
We road through beautifully eroded canyons and across the backbone of this ridge that must have had a 1/4 mile drop off on either side. The wind did not make that a particularly relaxing moment.
Due to the wind we’re beat-up, but in good shape. One gripe we have that occurred today and also on the TransAm, once the trip meters reach the time 99.59 minutes the trip mileage just stops counting up. It breaks your brain when you look down, do the math, figure out how long till your next town,  ride for a bit, look down and wonder why the mileage looks the same. I rode the longest 25 miles of my life before we figured out what was going on. So, to the lazy Triumph people who thought this was an acceptable idea, f*ck you all. Now I have to math. Total mileage 4880.