110 miles, 3700 feet of climbing. Today was the longest stretch of road on the trip with no civilization in sight--91 miles of nothing but desert. It was a great day to ride, though. There were high clouds keeping the temperature down, and we had light tailwinds most of the day, giving us an average speed of 18 mph.
Not much to write about today. I (Ed) pedaled, Nancy stayed on my wheel. Just to show you what a difference drafting (and being smaller & lighter) makes, Nancy's power meter says she burned 2000 calories today, while I burned 3000. Extra pie for me!
What's all this? I thought it was four days of dessert, not desert!
The shoe fence. There's a short stretch of fence on which people have hung hundreds of discarded shoes. A Trek Travel bag mysteriously appeared on the fence as well.
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Welcome to Arizona! Our first state border sign! There will be, hmmm, let's see, 9 more: Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentuky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
We're taking a rest day now. We're staying at the Bluewater Resort & Casino in Parker. It's a few miles outside of town, the food options are quite limited, and there's no Internet access. Vegas has spoiled me. Our guides were kind enough to give us a ride into town--one van went to the laundromat, the other to the library for Internet access. Which van will you board? Where are your priorities? Nancy, being the best wife ever, volunteered to take the laundry bus while I came here to the library to update the blog.
