DAY #4...329 MILES...(1214)

WE WERE AWAKE EARLIER THAN NORMAL THIS MORNING, AS WE HAD TO RIDE TO JEMEZ SPRINGS AND GET READY FOR THE BIKES SHOWING UP. IT WAS SLIGHTLY FOGGY AS IT HAS BEEN EVERY MORNING, BUT THE SUN BURNED THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN WE HAD FRIDAY EVENING. WE STOPPED BY THE SODA DAM ON THE WAY TO THE TOWN OF JEMEZ SPRINGS. WATER FROM UNDERGROUND HOT SPRINGS HAS FLOWED HERE FOR CENTURIES, BUILDING UP MINERAL DEPOSITS THAT HAVE FORMED A UNIQUE AND SPECTACULAR NATURAL DAM THAT BLOCKS THE JEMEZ RIVER. IT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED SPOTS IN THE AREA.

THE THUMPER CAFE WAS AT A GREAT LOCATION CALLED LOS OJOS RESTAURANT, AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT TOO.

WE HAD ABOUT 35 MEMBERS ATTENDING, AND EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME. EVEN THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWED UP AND SAID HE LOVED THESE TYPES OF BIKES. WE TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD GET ONE, AND HE SAID THAT HIS WIFE WOULDN'T LET HIM. HE ADDED THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THE POLICE CHIEF, HIS WIFE WAS THE SHERIFF IN THE FAMILY.

THE TWO JIM TWINS (JUNGLE JIM AND SCOOTER JIM) AND MYSELF LEFT ABOUT 2:00 P.M. AND HEADED TOWARDS HOME, STOPPING IN CLAYTON, NM FOR THE NIGHT. WE HAD PLANNED ON GOING HOME THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS, BUT THE TORRENTIAL RAINS THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING EVERY DAY HAVE CAUSED MUD SLIDES ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS, AND WE WERE AFRAID WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH. 

I WILL BE HOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED, SO WATCH FOR THE FINAL ROAD REPORT SUNDAY NIGHT.....

UNTIL THEN....

MOTOR MIKE