Today's ride took us through San Carlos Apache Reservation. I've never seen so much litter, broken bottles, etc., on the roadside. There was a lot of broken glass in the bike lane and getting in and out of the bike lane onto the road was difficult because of the serious rumble strips. It's hard to control your bike when you're going over them. Yesterday there were intermittent breaks in the rumble strips, but today they were continuous.
There was a huge, snow covered mountain off to our left all day. I got a picture, but, of course, it doesn't do it justice.
A highlight of the ride today was stopping at Taylor Freeze where some of the women got ice cream treats, but they had other things as well. They took all of our pictures and they will put them on the wall along with all the cyclists that stop in there on their way cross-country.
Even though the mileage was high today, it was relatively flat (compared to yesterday) and we had a tailwind for the last 10 miles. Yippee!
Tomorrow, we ride into New Mexico.
Wow, fancy that. Meeting someone you know out in the middle of nowhere! And a good looking young man, at that! Does he appreciate what a cool mom he has?
ReplyDeleteAs for Taylor Freeze, well, spring should be here soon, we hope. Maine's freezy shops are still buttoned up...except for Reds, in South Portland. brrrrr. Give me some hot black decaf, please...
Andrew and you look so happy!
ReplyDeleteAnd I want to tell you that Aletha left for Peru today, on 5am flight from Ptld. Both of you are so smart for not being here, especially for next week, when we'll be back in the 20's, twenty degrees below the seasonal average for the date. Brrr!
How tall is Andrew's friend? How did Andrew end up placing in his 3 stage event?
ReplyDeleteYou two look fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteSo nice that you and Andrew got to see each other! Great px!
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