the flight of the Phoenix

Chad trying to work on his bike in the rain

My poor steed

the rain. nough said

We stayed at Smokey and Donna Smoker, relatives of Chad and Dwayne. They were kind enough to put us up for two nights. Smokey also let us use his shop and tools and make a real mess of his nice work space. It was very nice to have a roof over our head to keep the sun off and also the rain and hail that followed after the sun. it was the first rain they had in over two months and they got over an inch while we were there. After leaving Smokeys we headed back to Siena and Andrews for the evening. But before we got there we hands down the most intense rain and hail. This was not little hail either some chunks were as big as a golf ball! I’m not even kidding, this was not a good time to chose to wear my shorts and no gloves. My legs were red all over and my hand still has a lump on it from where one of those ice golf balls landed square on my wrist. i would just like to thank the Smokers and Siena and Andrew for putting us up and feeding us SO well,. It was a real blessing to have some time off from riding.

While we had some delays yesterday with parts and working on bikes we finally made it to Nogales. We are now sitting just miles from the mexico border. Laban is singing in the show, nate is all dressed ready to go and Dwayne is putting on his socks and getting all his papers sorted, and chad is looking at the map on last time while I up date the blog and make some final calls. We go knowing that we are loved and cared about, and that there are a whole storm of prayers going before and after us. We love everyone and we will probably post again in a few days once we are clear of the border.

till another day.           loved