We road almost 75 miles today, with much of it uphill, and I rode my new Trek Touring Bicycle. I dismantled  the trike I built at 6:30 am this morning and it is now tied securily to the top of Richard and Mary’s Camper where it will stay until May. We are camped tonight at a KOA campground in Lordsburg, New Mexico, and I am sitting in the laundry room where it is warm  and has free WiFi. My shoulder, arm and neck muscles are extremely sore and tired tonight and my butt hurts terribly from my bicycle ride today on a “regular” bike, but I averaged close to 12 mph  and the traffic was never an issue. It was sad this morning taking the Duke Trike apart in that it was a fun experiment that I wished had worked. Oh well we can add it the long list of crazy ideas that I have had that haven’t worked. Last night we were at a “Warm Shower” host home and we set up our tent in their backyard. In the middle of the night a cat squeezed in the door of our tent and jumped on Patty, she screamed  waking me with a start. We both had a good laugh at the “demon” that had startled us, and then I caught the cat and threw him out of the door of our tent. Today we stopped for a rest, some water, and some snacks about 25 miles into the day.  My new bike doesn’t have a kick stand so we usually stop by a sign or road marker and I lean my bike against it. I had gotten some snacks out of the bag on the back of my bicycle, and a few minutes later a truck coming by caused my bike to fall over from their wind. I had my wallet in the top of the bag and when it fell my wallet fell out on the ground and none of us saw it happen. We road 10 miles and stopped for lunch and when I opened the bag on the back of my bike to get my wallet it was not there. I started racking my brain trying to remember where I had put it, and the three of us agreed that it might have fallen out when the bike fell. The ladies were almost to where we were having lunch, so when they got there, Mary Ann drove Patry and I back to where We had stopped. It was going to be such a hassle if I couldn’t find it, but when we got to the spot there it lay, thank You, Lord. Challenges are so much fun to face, solve, and conquer.  I can’t wait for what is in store for us tomorrow.