Rain, Rain Go Away

The rain loves us.  

On our way to Flagstaff last night, we rode through desert experiencing temperatures between 98 and 100 degrees (accompanied by some pretty cool lightening storms off in the distance), followed by a steadily dropping temperature and then a lot of heavy rain.  We started the evening hot and dry with temps in the 90's and arrived in Flagstaff chilly and wet with temps in the mid 50's...at 2:30 am local time.  Definitely a long day!

Heading out of Flagstaff this morning, we saw rain in the first 10 minutes on the road.  It rained off and on for about half the day.  Part of which involved riding through flash floods.  A first for everyone.

And guess what? Looks like more rain will greet us in Cheyenne, Wyoming tomorrow.

I guess the good news is we are all getting very good at putting on and taking off super awkward and bulky rain gear?  I was secretly hoping that we wouldn't have to bring out the rain gear.  That dream has been dashed!  

Despite the rain, we saw a fair amount of sun too.  Along with lots of beautiful countryside.  Sometimes I forget how big our country is and how much there is too see.

One of the highlights of today was our stop at Four Corners.  We each stood on a different state and took an awesome photo thanks to Cari's selfie stick.  Cari's on Arizona, Derek on Utah, Mike on New Mexico and I was on Colorado.  Thanks Cari!

Day 1 started at 6:45 pm in Riverside, CA and finished in Flagstaff at 2:30 am 430 miles later

Day 2 started in Flagstaff at 11:30 am and concluded in Montrose, Colorado at 10:30 pm 410 miles later

Day 3 is going to start a little earlier so we can make it to Cheyenne in time for 7:30 dinner at amazing steakhouse.  Hopefully we are not too drenched from rain when we get there. 

P.S.  Our butts are doing better than expected.  They only start really hurting after the first 300 miles!