We spent about 9 hours in the saddle today making our way to Lubbock with our friends Rickey and Connie.

We had nice weather with cool winds until somewhere between 3 and 4 pm when the 425 degree dry oven heat hit us! Then we hit the trifecta on one lane one way led by a pace car highway construction – thank goodness only one of them was caliche and then wet caliche 😑 And then it happens – flat rear tire on the highway as we were coming into town. Luckily Bryan was able to get us safely back over and into a parking lot. We were able to get Wild West Harley to come pick us up and will have the tire replaced in the morning. We were headed for a hotel for the night in Lubbock anyway so we ended up in the hotel near the Harley shop – walking distance as well as visual distance. Tom, our Harley guy, was great!

We got an Uber for dinner to & from and both elderly gentlemen were neat guys and had some stories to tell. Dinner was good too!

So now we wait for the shop to open in the morning and then get going on our way again!

#adventuresofrockyandbullwinkle