FOUR CORNERS Start time: 1:00 P.M. Distance today: 79 miles Average speed: 14.8 mph End time: 7:00 P.M. Top speed: 42.8 mph Temp and weather conditions: mid-70"s with a strong crosswind Total trip distance: 739.2 Miles (since start on April 2, 2000) Howdy!!! Our band of reckless bicyclists and support team woke up bright and early at 7:00 to enjoy another complimentary continental breakfast at the Hampton Inn in the beautiful, but desolate town of Kayenta, AZ. We then ventured to Monument Valley in the Goosenecks National Park to see the beautiful rock formations such as the " Mexican Hat ", and the great strength of the San Juan river that had once cut through dirt and sheer rock to provide a view ( 5,000 feet straight down ) overlooking an array of highland desert and muddy water rapids, that made us all feel small once again. We are all awaiting future sights considering some of us have never been too far from home. Anyway, back to our eventful day. We departed Monument Valley around 12:00 P.M. Following an extremely filling picnic in the RV, we then proceeded northeast towards Four Corners with tumbleweeds skirting across the highway in front of our determined riders. They’re determined only to get to the next motel to sleep. We entered New Mexico around 6:30 according to the welcome sign that read, " Thanks for visiting New Mexico". Our day must have been going too well because we ended up stuck on a shoulder ledge in the entrance of the Four Corners National Monument - Utah, AZ, CO, NM. Thank goodness we have some people skills, because we had just about every tourist in the New Mexico helping us with this dilemma, ranging from oriental camera-lovers to daisy-duke wearing Germans. An officer from the Arizona Department of Public Safety even offered his assistance to ease our suffering predicament. At first we thought he would charge us with destroying public property because we tore up the pavement - not only with a dragging trailer, but a dragging motor as well. He turned out to be one of the nicest people that we have encountered. His name is A.J. Beck, and if you need to know anything about the local sights or just want to rap with a cool local, he’s your man!. We all bid you a good night from Cortez, CO. God Bless!