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Sunday, July 17, 2005 - Day 20
From Grand Junction, CO to Home
Today's stats:
Miles rode = 880 average moving = 68MPH
Stops for Gas = 4 times = G49 to G52 on the map
Moving time = 12:30h - Total time = 15:00H
Average MPH = 45
Today's total cost = $108

If I could pass this day... leaving Grand Junction early in the morning, by 7:00AM we were at Arches National Park. We had our breakfast at the park and by 8:00AM the temperature was already 85F. And we never got anything less them that until we arrived home at 10:00PM and turned the house air conditioning way down.
From 11:00AM until 8:00PM we rode in temperatures over 100F and from 3:30PM until 6:30PM we rode under 115F+. In Needles, CA, we got the maximum of 124F for about one hour and that was almost unbearable. Eliane was pouring water on us, behind the neck, every 5 minutes from a gallon of cold water that we kept buying at every gas station. We had to stop for about 45 minutes in a McDonalds just to cool down.
At home, we finally cooled down and enjoyed the moment. We had done Alaska, in a BMW K1200LT. It's some accomplishment.
Temperature today was 59F to 124F

	We left Grand Junction, CO and got great pictures from the sunrise
	We rode I-70 for a few more miles and then got UT 128 to US 191
	It was a great road (UT 128)
	Some great views from Colorado River
	and Arches National Park background
	Arches background
	Now entering Arches National Park
	The famous picture everyone takes at the entrance of the park
	Now some shots inside the park
	Elton
	Eliane
	Arches
	Arches National Park
	Arches National Park

	Arches National Park
	Hole in the rock tourist trap
	Some different cars on I-40
	9.000 miles trip
	Then the temperature starts going up. The bike was riding for hours near the red zone.	As you you can see the temperature going up. after 121F we had to take the camera out because we were splicing water on us as we rode... But we got 124 for about one hour and was the worst time on the whole trip.
	We GOT HOME!!! this was all our luggage on this whole 10K miles trip