Temperatures were around 65 degrees today, so I got in a nice motorcycle ride. Since we've had snowy weather, and therefore, the roads could have gravel here and there, I decided to take a known route. So, I headed down Santa Fe (85S) to 105, and took 105 to Monument. From Monument, I took 105E to 83N, and from there up to Frankdown and into Parker. I saw a lot of bikes - quite a few BMWs, and of course a boatload of Harleys (yawn).

The wind was just crazy. It had to be gusting up over 20mph, especially when I was out on the plains east of I25. The wind kept getting into my jacket and blowing it up, and then using the grip it had on my jacket to throw me around. I eventually had a chance to pull over and close up my zippers, which helped a lot. I had to keep reminding myself to relax, as I'd find that I was tensing up in reaction to the wind's buffeting.

Here are the trip stats, according to my GPSr:

Metric	Value
Trip Length	96 miles
Moving Time	1hr 59min
Stopped Time	53min
Moving Avg	48.3mph
Overall Avg	33.3mph
Elev Low-High	2101ft