Thursday, May 26th .... Today was a short ride of 40+ miles!  The winds we saw for the past couple days have calmed.  It was a little in our face but nothing like the past two days!  Our only rest stop was Hooker, OK.  A lot of interesting stories about this town!  It was an easy ride and really enjoyable.  About 4 miles out of Hooker I had a flat tire!  I found a small thorn had punctured the tire.  I fixed it and was off to complete the remaining 16 miles.  I went another 4 miles and again had a flat tire!  This time it turned out to be a small tire wire!  Again, I fixed it and rode the remaining 12 miles.  Enjoyable day less the two flats!