When one starts out on an adventure like I've decided to tackle, you know there will be unexpected circumstances. Well, I met mine today. I must admit that I never anticipated freezing temperatures. I thought it would be cooler at the higher elevations, but snow and cold, I never in a million years thought I'd experience that.
We left the bustling metropolis (population 30) of Kingston, NM this morning, the sky was a perfect blue, the sun was blazing, and I thought it would be a great day. I had some concerns about my riding abilities today, but as we started down the 9 mile descent, my confidence grew, then the wind kicked up, and it energized me over the rollers of the New Mexico ranch land. But soon, I realized that the white stuff beside the road was heavy, heavy, frost.....(later I found out that it was about 28 degrees this morning in Kingston) I did soon realize that my head was frozen, my butt was frozen, and I was cold to the core.
While my riding was good, and I felt much stronger than I anticipated after yesterday, I was frozen. So, at mile 26 at the first SAG stop, I bagged it and crawled in the warm van and headed to Las Cruzes. It took over an hour to stop shivering. Hopefully tomorrow will be warmer.
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