About an 80 mile day with lots and lots of wind. The team members had problems staying on their bikes. And at the church where they were staying the outside showers kept blowing apart.Larry had a tough day and was very tired when he got to the church.
Wondering Wheels fixed the woman's bike that was hit and she rode with a cast.
Wondering Wheels have been conducting rides since 1967 and gave a safety talk to the bikers.
Here is the schedule.
New Mexico stops:
Apr 1 Safford to Lordsburg, NM
Apr 2 Lordsburg to Deming
Apr 3 Deming to Las Cruces
Apr 4 Las Cruces to Alamogordo
Apr 5 Day Off
Apr 6 Alamogordo to Mayhill - This should be an interesting day - a 14 mile climb up a 6% grade!
Apr 7 Mayhill to Artesia
Apr 8 Artesia to Hobbs
Weather 64 degrees, cloudy and windy
HISTORY Fact: World War II
Lordsburg held as many as 1,500 Japanese Americans in an internment camp operated by the U.S. Army during World War II. On July 27, 1942, shortly after the Lordsburg Internment Camp was opened, Private First Class Clarence Burleson, a sentry at the facility, allegedly shot two Japanese American internees under questionable circumstances. One of the victims, Hirota Isomura, apparently died instantly. The other, Toshiro Kobata, died before dawn. After a military investigation and courtmartial, Burleson was found to have lawfully killed the two men. The camp operated until July 1943.
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