At last. A land fit for our Enchanted Cycling Heros.

After an early morning bird watch in the forest we headed east, leaving Arizona after 14 miles crossing the state line to New Mexico, our third state.

Enchantment? We'd have settled for the return of smooth tarmac and a tailwind. The state line brought an immediate deterioration of the road surface and a strong wind from the side and ahead. It was a bit of a long drag up and down many more undulations with a rise of a thousand feet or so before dropping down to our finish in Quemado, NM. Not much seen today but long straight road with only one self proclaimed one horse town (actually just a former diner, now closed and for sale. 

Just not enough traffic I guess. After this we were surprised how good Quemado was and in particular the motel we'd booked was. Had to ring it up as not available on bookin websites and did not even have an email address. I asked why and they said the can't get the staff to understand how to use it! 

Hello flower. 

And when he can sell up, he'll up and leave, too