Day 15 Tucumcari, NM to Dalhart, TX 98 miles

This is the way the scenery looked pretty much the whole way along Route 54. The occasional windmill, a steer or two out on the range, not much else. One thing that did change was the humidity. I felt the change about midway to Dalhart. The humidity increased about the same time I rode into the shadow of a cloud. Haven't seen any of those for at least a week.

If you're out this way you can probably bypass Dalhart. It's main claim to fame is the XIT feedlot. Depending on the wind you can you can smell it for miles. It's where they take grass fed cattle from the range, crowd them by the thousands into these huge pens, and feed them corn to make nice fat meat we buy at the store.

Ann has rejoined the group after attending her niece's wedding in Montana. Ann comes off as the strictest, meanest teacher you have ever had. I think she gives Tracey a hard time just for fun.

Tracey the leader, is a kind of mysterious. She's out there during the day changing flats and keeping track of everyone but she doesn't eat with us and we never see her on rest days. It may be that she gets very tired of herding cats and wants us out of her sight.

Tomorrow we're off to Guymon, Oklahoma. (I never heard of it either.)

I do read all the comments. Thanks to Chas for straightening me out on Tucumcari.