Friday April 15: Logan, NM to Dalhart, TX - 74 mi, 5.5 hrs

In the Dalhart library - no computer restrictions. I see some usb ports on the computer. Maybe I should ask later if I could download pics from my camera.

Great Red Sox game on espn last night - caught the last two innings.

Breakfast in a cafe right beside the motel - the second prettiest waitress I've seen. (Prettiest was at the top of the first mountain in AZ, forget the town name.) You wouldn't know there was a cafe there except for the blinking arrow. I guess you are supposed to know.

Talked with a trucker and some locals at breakfast.

On the TV weather last night all they talked about rain and thundershowers, so I got up early and after breakfast left at about 7:15 am. Most of the way black clouds to my right (south east) but I never saw rain.

Route 54 is a delight. Starting to hear more birds. The shoulder so far on Rte 54 has been from 5 to 14 feet wide! Little traffic although it is a truck route. Took a pic of me at the NM - TX border - first border sign I've seen. Right after that sign was a sign saying I've entered the Central Time Zone - so I'm one hour behind the east coast. Also got a pic of me running a track repair vehicle.

About 5 miles south of Dalhart are two really huge cattle pens - what a stink. I rode as fast as I could to get beyond it.