Day 13 – Colorado!

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Monday, July 13th – Liberal, KS to Trinidad, CO

One of many abandoned Oklahoma Farms we encountered

Yup, 280+ miles today of great, great riding.

We passed through FOUR states: Kansas (lower left-hand corner), Oklahoma (the Panhandle), New Mexico (the upper right-hand corner), and finally, Colorado (lower right-hand corner). It was a day filled with an incredible diversity of topography, scenery, and beauty.

Oklahoma Wildflowers

Criss-crossing Oklahoma farmland over the past several days provided a never-ending stream of sights and surprises:

Oklahoma cattle talking up a storm
  • Nature takes its toll
  • One that didn’t make it
  • Hmmm… it fits
  • And it shall be called: Motorsaurus!
Tires make very affordable signs
Another long-abandoned building on the Oklahoma Prairie

After traveling the length of the Oklahoma Panhandle, we crossed over into New Mexico. The road in the photo below runs directly on the border between the two states – Ryan on the left is riding in New Mexico – Dan on the right is in Oklahoma!

Riding in Two States
An amazing piece of New Mexico Scenery
A GREAT stretch of road!
(The temperature hit 105 later on)

After an amazing (and VERY WARM) run through this beautiful corner of New Mexico, we crossed the border into Colorado.

Another roaming roadblock!
Weather moving in over the hills
More storm clouds on the horizon

We did encounter a little bit of the weather depicted above as we approached Trinidad, CO, but nothing to cause concern.

It was a long, long day with almost 300 miles in the saddle. Tomorrow promises to be another spectacular ride on some of Colorado’s most beautiful roads – Stand By!!

Travel Route, July 13th, 2020

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