Whew, what a ride.
 

Man, that was a crazy ride coming back from Phoenix.

The cross and headwinds were pretty nasty in AZ, but once I hit the Palm Springs are all hell broke loose.

Headwinds were so strong that I had to drop down to 3rd gear and when I would try to upshift, the wind would just catch me and slow me down by 5+ MPH from simply backing off the throttle long enough to pull the clutch in.

Am glad that ride is over.

Sounds like fun :)

the wind that slowed you down, probably helped me get in about 45 mins early. The pilot said we had 120 mile an hr tailwind:thumbsup

Yeah, I believe it. The wind was fierce. I actually contemplated pulling over at one point . . . except there was no shelter if I had. So I toughed it out.

My face definitely shows the beating it took today.

well at least you all got back safe thats the main thing :thumbsup

I've done that ride many times, sometimes it's like being in a convection oven and facing the afternoon sun for the whole ride sucks ... a night trip for sure.