We peddled 83 miles today, and it was hot all day. But we had a very nice tail wind almost all day and only had one hill about 10 miles long with about 1000 foot elevation gain to climb so it was a very nice day of bicycling. We started out the day with two flat tires before we left camp so we got started a little bit late. One of them was from the thin wire that is in tires and there are lots of shreds of truck tires all along the shoulder where we ride. The second was from a cactus thorn and there are lots of cactus everywhere. So far I haven’t had a flat. We will see how long that lasts. Once we got out of El Paso today was a very desolate ride. There times when we went 30 minutes without a car passing us. Most of the towns we went through we’re all abandoned and boarded up. The first 8 miles as we were going through El Paso there was major road construction with zero shoulder so we were riding with the cars and it was very tense. One of the cool things though is there were signs that we saw often that have a picture of a bicycle on it with the words, “Share the Road”. There were no campgrounds and the only RV park had no water or bathrooms so we are staying in a motel tonight. It feels so good to sleep in a regular bed after the 83 miles of riding today.