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Really? Four in one day? That surely must be a personal record for Don. It’s worse than my worst ever, I’m pretty sure.

Thanks for the mounting tip. I think Don knows that, but I'll pass it along.

Carrying a wad of cotton in my tire repair kit was something I learned years ago on a bike touring web site (PHRED-now defunct).

Learned something else useful recently from a local cycling group in Dayon... When mounting a tire, line up the trade mark with the valve. That way, you can pull the tire off and know where on the tube it lines up with the puncture. A similar help.

Interesting tip Bill - we'll have to try that! Don did mention that he saw a lot of debris on the highway and we have had lots of flats on past tours due to those wires.

Flats.
If it is due to a tire wire stuck in the tread, sometimes you can find it by wiping a wad of cotton around the inside of the tire. Fibers catch on the wire and once found, it can be pulled out and no longer can work its way through the tube.

Then again, I've had some mystery flats myself.

Thanks Bill!

Looks like silver cholla.

https://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/cacti/cylindropuntia-echinocarpa.html

I've never been a lover of pomegranate - even though the seeds are edible - too messy!

The tree did look like a willow and they have had a lot of rain here lately. Pretty flowers! Thanks Bill!

I've always been fascinated by lichens ever since I took that course (I got a biology major). Crustose, fructose and foliose. See, I still remember them. I had to do a collection as part of the course. Thanks Bill!

Wow - a dozen species! That makes it tough to ID them. Thanks Bill!

Wow - who knew! I had the daisy part correct. Thanks Bill!

Thanks Bill!

Datura was what I thought as well but I kept thinking they only bloomed at night? Sacred thornapple sounds like an interesting name. Thanks once more, Bill!