Day 8 New Mexico into Colorado

Today started with more monotony with straight Oklahoma farm trails - BUT this was broken up by a bit of road jumping, and some wildlife interaction (Prairie Hare, Tortoise and Snake)

Fuel stop and lunch was at Keyes - population 500 - one garage selling lunch but no fuel, one diner - closed, one fuel pump - open (keys held by the grain co-operative across the road!)

Open fuel station:


The town centre:


After lunch, I had a quick check of the maps - it looked like 150 miles (approx) to the overnight in Colorado - we knew the bikes could do 100miles to a tank, but were not too sure how much further they could go !
After chatting to a guy in Boise City (population 1483), who told us there was nothing between here and Colorado - we decided we needed auxillary tanks:


Entering New Mexico ;

Phil was lucky to get across the heavily guarded state line with his home made bomb;



And finally, a quick photo to show what a short-arse I am (oh and great scenery of New Mexico High Plains (6000ft))