One of my favorite rides so far on the trip. But I may be biased because there was NO Interstate riding today (first time in many days) and I did not have a flat tire (always good news). I also set a personal record for the fastest time doing 100 miles as I averaged 16.9 mph for the entire 109 miles. I usually ride with a group and we are only as fast as the slowest, but today I took off and hooked up with two of the faster riders (Ted from Boston and Dale from PA). Riding in their slip stream, I was able to travel faster than if I was on my own. Wide open vistas with Mesas and there was one dramatic drop of about 1000 feet. We were on a very, very quiet secondary road the entire day....one where you can see the road for miles ahead. These were the kinds of vistas and roads I was imagining it would be like before I started....and it was as good or better than I imagined. Tomorrow we enter a new state - Texas - and a new time zone - Central.