Dear Kids Network
Everytime you exercise you send good energy to my muscles. I look forward to seeing your checklist when I get home.
Today I saw a big monster giant cactus and a whole bunch of caterpillars crossing (marching) the road at the same time. It is so beautiful in the desert. And it is very very hot.
You may ask "What?..No photo of the Arizona state line…our first border crossing for the trip?" That’s because we started the day at 6:45am by riding directly towards a spectacular thunderstorm with clearly defined lightning strikes directly ahead of us! Oh, and did I mention that the 25-30 knot wind was, of course, a headwind? But today would have to be called ‘the day of the flat tire’ as several of us had multiple flats along the way. So bikers had held a record of 4 flat tires, but a rider from Australia beat us all with 5 flat tires. Seems that while we had to ride the interstate-10 for about 25 miles, some bikers tires picked up tiny pieces of metal that are shed from truck tires. I think every tire had a small piece of metal protruding into the tube. At one point a biker even flatted a tire on both front and rear simultaneously.
Today’s route took us from the town of Blythe, in California to Wickenburg, Arizona. Along the way we had to stop at a construction site and waited..and waited..and waited for permission by the DOT workers to go through. We waited so long that honestly, the DOT workers had a shift change!…and I thought that stuff only happens in Nebraska!
Tomorow (Wednesday, 13 September) we will be departing Wickenburg, AZ and biking 114 miles climbing 7,000 feet to a town called Cottonwood, AZ. By Thursday this week we will begin climbing out of the desert into the pine forests of Prescott, Arizona. The days are much cooler there, but the climbs will be challenging. Our route goes over several 7,000 foot mountains then drops into 4,000 foot valleys (hope we don't get dizzy). The old copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona has a historic charm as a 130 year old settlement that we will ride through.
Donna/Mom
Today I saw a big monster giant cactus and a whole bunch of caterpillars crossing (marching) the road at the same time. It is so beautiful in the desert. And it is very very hot.
You may ask "What?..No photo of the Arizona state line…our first border crossing for the trip?" That’s because we started the day at 6:45am by riding directly towards a spectacular thunderstorm with clearly defined lightning strikes directly ahead of us! Oh, and did I mention that the 25-30 knot wind was, of course, a headwind? But today would have to be called ‘the day of the flat tire’ as several of us had multiple flats along the way. So bikers had held a record of 4 flat tires, but a rider from Australia beat us all with 5 flat tires. Seems that while we had to ride the interstate-10 for about 25 miles, some bikers tires picked up tiny pieces of metal that are shed from truck tires. I think every tire had a small piece of metal protruding into the tube. At one point a biker even flatted a tire on both front and rear simultaneously.
Today’s route took us from the town of Blythe, in California to Wickenburg, Arizona. Along the way we had to stop at a construction site and waited..and waited..and waited for permission by the DOT workers to go through. We waited so long that honestly, the DOT workers had a shift change!…and I thought that stuff only happens in Nebraska!
Tomorow (Wednesday, 13 September) we will be departing Wickenburg, AZ and biking 114 miles climbing 7,000 feet to a town called Cottonwood, AZ. By Thursday this week we will begin climbing out of the desert into the pine forests of Prescott, Arizona. The days are much cooler there, but the climbs will be challenging. Our route goes over several 7,000 foot mountains then drops into 4,000 foot valleys (hope we don't get dizzy). The old copper mining town of Jerome, Arizona has a historic charm as a 130 year old settlement that we will ride through.
Donna/Mom
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