Day 46: goodbye New Mexico

With plenty of pie in my stomach I headed out at first light. From Pietown it's mostly downhill to the next town. It was a bit cloudy but the worse seemed to have passed. I was making good time, so I stopped for my second breakfast. I met an interesting couple there who just bought land in Pietown. We talked and they picked up my breakfast, so many generous people. As we walked out the sky had again turned grey. By the time I had made it to the top of the first pass it was snowing, big heavy flakes. It didn't last long, but it went on and off throughout the day. Riding today was hard but I finally crossed the state line into Arizona and I decided to splurge on a hotel to dry out and rest well. They say tomorrow will be a nice day, I hope so.