Things are looking up. We had a 60 mi ride, entering Arizona immediately after crossing the Colorado on which we were camped last night. Skies are predictably clear in the desert but most importantly the wind direction plays a big part as I described 2 days earlier and they would be generally in our favor today as we picked up a good tailwind later in the am. We did have to travel 28 mi on I-10. In this sparsely populated area you occasionally have to travel on the interstate if you want to go anywhere.The most distictly new encounter was the appearance of many large saguaro cacti which grow predominantly in Arizona. We took a brief detour through Quartzite a town that appears to be sparsely populated today (mostly by RV's) but whose population swells to 1M in the peak of winter. Tonight we are bunked down on the floor of the gym of an Indian elementary school and must high-tail it out early in the morning before the kids arrive, At least we had hot showers in the building (it is a cool trek to the 'John' in the middle of the night at the KOA).
Tomorrow we should be in the west Phoenix area in Avondale, 85 miles from here. I'm hoping for a tail wind.
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Glad to hear you had a good day riding. I won't be able to check on things over the weekend - 6 of us from work are off to a course in the Philly area so I hope all goes well. Here's your encouraging word: "But he led His own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely through the wilderness." -- Psalm 78:52 NLT
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I love your vignettes of Americana. LW
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