Westex Documents Team Welcome the Riders

Today we got another early start to make up lost time.  All bikes were on the road at 6:30am as we headed into a glorious, Texas morning with no signs of last night’s storm.  As we headed for Lubbock, the wind picked up and soon we were battling the weather again.   Somewhere along the way, we had our first damage as a bird hit the front of the Access Information Management Mini Cooper.  We got off lightly with a big dent and missing light ring. 

The hot windy day made the ride across Texas very tricky, so we were all delighted when we arrived at Westex Documents.  What made the arrival so great was that John Miller and his entire team were waiting for us in the parking lot.  Cameras were flashing as we rode in and that really put a smile on all our faces.  After a quick tour John surprised us again with a check for $1000 for Action Against Hunger.  That was fabulous and helps with a huge boost to see if we can reach $30K in donations???

After some group photos we headed off again, this time for Roswell, New Mexico.  We looked hard for aliens but the closest we saw was “lucky” Rob in his rocket ship (aka the Lotus).   A stop for lunch and a quick visit to the Harley Davidson dealership and we were on our way again.

We made our historical visit of the day as we rode through the town of Lincoln, NM and past the historic Wortley Hotel, formerly owned by Sheriff Pat Garrett. The town is famous as Billy the Kid broke out of jail for the last time in Lincoln, killing Deputy J. W. Bell and U. S. Marshall Bob Ollinger, in the process. Bob was eating at the Wortley, along with several prisoners from the jail, when the breakout occurred. It was his last meal.  

A couple more hundred miles and we ended up in Socorro, NM for the night.  With 518 miles covered we were now over 1900 miles into the journey with two days to go.  We need to cross Arizona tomorrow so we can have a straight run for Santa Monica on Friday.