Today was an uneventful today, which is good since I was tired from a long day in the saddle yesterday. We bicycled 65 miles over the continental divide from Gallup, NM, to Grants, NM. We got in early; Jim had already done my laundry since he got in even earlier than me. Actually, he was the first one in today.

The landscape did not change much today with mesas in the distance and very gradual (0-1%) up and down grades. With a terrain like that, if the wind is behind you, you can ride fast, like yesterday. If the wind is cross or head, it can really slow you down. We got some not-so-helpful winds coming into Grants, so it slowed down the last 20 miles of riding. The forecast is for west winds tomorrow and we are heading mostly east (some south) so it should help most of the way. You may have noticed a Pac Tour cyclist is a constant weather watcher since next day’s plan depends on it – clothes to carry, how much water to bring, how many pictures to take along the way etc.

Also doing cycling like this repetitively can make you dream funny. Jim has now shared three dreams with me that I will let you interpret:

He and Judith murdered several people and Lon Haldeman (our tour lead) is the inspector. Jim described that in his dream they were contemplating coming clean to Lon since he will most likely figure it out.

Jim took my new car (an MG like white car) and drove it around the city. He was driving the steep slopes of San Francisco and trying to figure out the clutch and accelerator.

Jim and I were in the Santa Monica library (which neither of us have been to) and I was chasing him up some stairs, apparently insisting we leave and he did not want to.

Here is my interpretation – due to a lot of repetitive actions and anxiety to get done for the day and get ready for the next day, a mix of images end up in the dreams, especially with people that you are around. Someone else may have a deeper analysis. I now have dream catcher on the back of my bicycle.