The weather was just fine this morning as we left Perry, OK. The humidity was much lower, so 90 degrees was pleasant.

We stopped for gas and coffee at a very nice gas station.

We had lunch at a roadside table in the middle of nowhere, OK.

I had to take care of some HOA business. Fortunately, we had cell service.

We got to our hotel in Guymon, OK, by 1:00 p.m. Our room was ready, so they let us check in early.

This cute, towel art greeted us in the bthroom.

We put our stuff in the room and went shopping for dinner. By now the temperature was above 100 degrees. We could have ridden farther, but riding those extra miles would have been very uncomfortable.

Tomorrow, we head for Pueblo, CO.

Thursday

We had only 300 miles to ride to Pueblo, so we took out time getting ready. As we were loading the bikes, Beth noticed puddle on the ground under her bike. Gasoline was dripping from the gas line connector under the tank.

There was an Auto Zone across the street, so I got some Teflon tape, hoping I could wrap some around the nozzle and stop the drip. That didn’t work at all.

As I attempted to fix it, I determined the problem was the O-ring on the connector and we needed Harley to fix it.

The closest Harley dealer was 125 miles south in Amarillo. The connector didn’t leak while the motor was running. We knew we could ride 125 miles without stopping, so off we went.

The service area was very small, but they were able to take us in and change the O-ring. The bill was only $79.00!

We soaked out wet vests before leaving, then got gas and headed back north to Pueblo. It was a good thing we had on our vests. It was 100 degrees. The vests did their job very well. Instead of having a picnic lunch, we dined in comfort at a Wendy’s in Dalhart, TX.

I had my camera running as we passed a cop. From his posture, I think he was helping a motorist, not ticketing him.

A couple of shots of trains…

Later we encountered some very heavy showers.

The temperature dropped to 65 degrees. A few miles later the showers had moved off to the east and it was hot again. Several miles later the entire sky ahead of us was black. We rode through that rain and the temperature dropped again. Finally, the storm moved east, and we stayed dry all the way to our hotel in Pueblo. What was going to be an easy 300-mile day turned out to be an adventurous 455-mile day.