Now that's a tail wind!

To keep out of the higher winds (gusting to 50 mph in the afternoon) we decided to leave Quarzite early (up at 5 and on the road by 6 am). It was the right decision! We had a strong westerly tail wind helping us for the 45 miles of riding (with 2x800 ft climbs). We arrived in Salome before noon and found a motel for tonight that Dottie had recommended. We were glad not to be outside riding or in a tent during the dust storms, gusting winds, even a little rain(!) and then finally a 2h power outage for the whole town. We've made good use of our stay here: showers, naps, eating (once at each of the town's two restaurants) and now Greg is repairing the 3 punctured tubes from today (no more fresh tubes).