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Today’s ride began before sunrise on State Hwy 90 with a difficult 9 mph direct headwind for 46 miles. We began early to avoid forecasted rain and thunderstorms in the mid-afternoon, but fortunately they stayed distant to our route. Hwy 90 is a nice road to ride without headwinds, but we were treated to more […]

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I have had harder rides may times when trying to keep up a pace with stronger riders, but today was just fatiguing. This likely is the most days in a row (7) I have ever ridden, and ended with a second century distance. There are different types of tired riding, and the first type is

Today we road a modest 35 miles because this was a potential Buffer Day, which we fortunately did not have to rely on. Let me explain Buffer Days as designed into our tour by Doug. If you read and recalled my Trip Preparation Post, you know that our daily routes and hotel reservations have been

A really flat, barren ride. Rode 72 miles to cross into Texas near West El Paso. This first image redefines flat.There was so little to see, but this lone bull. We will measure the mileage across Texas, but it is expected to be about 1000 miles, or a third of the entire tour. With rest

Today, I had some trepidation about completing our first full century ride for 2025. Since yesterday’s ride, I felt a right adductor muscle strain. In the morning portion of the ride, my right knee arthritis was flaring up. We were all worried about restaurants in the small town of Columbus closing before we arrived. But

We departed the town of Bisbee where we saw the inactive copper mine that the town was founded upon, leaving us the great historical resort town of today. Again we spent almost the entire 85 mile day, except the last 7 miles, on Historic Hwy 80. This section of road had nice pavement, little traffic,

This route was almost entirely on Historic Hwy 80 where we passed through the famous town of Tombstone for lunch and saw the gunslinger reenactors for the outlaw Earps and Doc Holiday. The route was beautiful with quintessential high elevation desert plateaus. Despite the arid landscape, we caught a view of some stream that supported

Despite the need to ride about 10 miles of Interstate 10, this route and our performance on the ride was one of our best days so far. After a week of daily riding and a rest day, all three of us felt strong doing a “comfortable” 81 miles with 2700 feet of ascent. Along the

We enjoyed the beautiful desert home of Craig and Becky Williams, who were also our guides to Sabino Valley and a local Tucson Peruvian restaurant. But first, I had a two hour laundry visit in Tucson so I could wash 6 sets of bicycle clothes and most of my street clothing. This is a necessity