We had a quiet night at the Ocotillo Motor Park and everyone slept like babies.

Our host, owner and manager, Gary did a great job supplying us with a great night’s sleep.

Dan doing his daily stretching exercise before we ride.

We went next door for breakfast and every one ate well . . . well almost everyone.

 

Breakfast Burritos as big as your head . . .

. . .  plus eggs with all the fixin’s. One of our  crew made it back to the to the room just in time for the whole thing to come up out of their stomach!!! We thought it might have been bad sausage. (Tom wanted everyone to know it was not him!)

Of course here is the scene of the night before, the morning after . . .

. . . the multiple ‘pours’ we had from this machine may not have helped!!!!

But soon we were ready to go. What a difference a day makes. The clouds had blown away and we were enjoying early morning temps of 55.

We took the alternate route today through the Yuha Desert to avoid a bad road. Added a few more miles but Mike, from Virginia’s recommendation, was a lot smoother.

Lots and lots of sand . . . as far as the eye can see.

Someone’s oasis in the desert . . . I’m looking for Omar the tentmaker!

This is an area that was heavily guarded by the Border Patrol . . .

If one turned around, you could see the utilities are taking full advantage of the wind coming over the pass we descended yesterday. It’s the same one that knocked Gina off her bike! Glad I have enough ‘ballast’ I don’t have to worry about that.

You can still see the wind generators in the background when we came across this 40 acres of solar panels also generating electrons!

Desert + Water = Productivity.

Lot’s of alfalfa and straw for critters.

We finally made it to Brawley, our home for the night. We pay for our rooms separately. Here the girls had a problem with their credit card and were locked out of their room for a while!!!!!

 

Big day tomorrow, 89 miles into a predicted headwind 10-18mph with gusts to 28mph!