Four States, 1 twice, in a day

If you read the map, the distance from Farmington, NM to Durango, CO (where we are tonight) is 56 miles. Our odometers, at the end of the day, registered 255 miles to cover a route between the same two places. We can indeed make a big, adventurous circle while tooling around on the bikes.

We left Farmington and headed to Shiprock NM then into Arizona to get us to Four Corners, the only spot in the USA where 4 states touch together. From there, a brief run into Colorado before heading into Utah up to Monticello. Turn right onto 491, back into Colorado to Cortez to Durango. We witnessed 3 new fires: one in Cortez, Mancos, and a new one in Durango just over the ridge from where we are now staying. Every hotel room in town is full due to massive evacuations and we were blessed to get a room. And we just happen to be next door to the Durango Brewery, a home town craft beer joint. We enjoyed a couple of their wares, then headed down the street to a very local taco-ria and enjoyed most excellent food.

Tomorrow carries us into more central Colorado to some fine dirt roads. We ride dual-sport bikes, so now we put them to the test. More later - and pictures will eventually make it.