Coast-to-coast ride
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-26 Day 15
The longest ride so far! Today’s ride was 91 miles and change. Any way you cut it, this is a long ride. Even so, the favorable winds from yesterday continued and for the majority of the ride, we had significant help from the wind. These are long, long roads with very little along […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-25 Day 14
A fast, great ride! We spent the night in Douglas, AZ at the Gadsden Hotel. It is a beautifully restored historic hotel with a rich history including a visit from the infamous Pancho Villa. But, that was just the start of a good day cycling. This ride was fast and (relatively) easy featuring […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-24 Day 13
Lunch, Rain, and Hail in Brisbee. As fun as the end of the day was yesterday, today was the opposite. We started out in cold, rainy weather to head for a tough climb. It was not quite the amount of climbing from yesterday, but it was a steeper grade. When we left in […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-23 Day 12
Serious climbing from Tucson to Tombstone! For the first 28 miles, we climbed over 2000 feet coming out of Tucson. After that, we had downhill for long stretches with a serious tail-wind. It was fun! We could cruise at 20mph with very little effort for long periods. But then a nice little 1/2 mile […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-22 Day 11
Today was about 40 miles on exemplary multi-use trails running through Tucson. It was an easy ride on paper, but I was completely beat after completing it. Nonetheless, it was a change in scenery from the past days of desert riding and I’ve never been on a trail like this. It truly was fantastic. It […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-21 Day 10
Rest Day! First rest day of the ride and much needed. Beautiful surroundings along with exceptional shower and bathroom facilities topped it off for us. And, of course, there is a lot of camaraderie. What is it Like to Ride in the Desert Day after Day? As I walked down one of the trails in […]
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March 23, 2021
2021-03-20 Day 9
Rest day coming! Beautiful overnight. We are riding from Casa Grande to Catalina State Park near Tucson. The two-peak mountain in the center of the picture was above the point of the first SAG stop. Here is the same peak from the SAG: After following along I-8 for the last 400 miles, we have split […]
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March 22, 2021
2021-03-19 Day 8
Head winds and lots more desert. Today’s trek was the longest since we started and the 7th day in a row of riding. 78 miles through the desert with little variance in the scenery. We had head winds pretty much the entire ride. Finding routes in this part of the country is difficult, and they […]
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March 22, 2021
2021-03-18 Day 7
“Grunt” riding. Not much to see on this segment of the ride. It was essentially on one road with a solid 10 MPH headwind most of the way. Fortunately there was no significant climbing. The biggest challenge was some pretty rough roads along the way. Essentially, we followed I-8 all the way from Dateland to […]
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March 19, 2021
2021-03-17 Day 6
Long ride, lots of agriculture. Headed to Dateland today – some 70 miles. I had never heard of Dateland before, but it is in South Arizona and known for … wait for it … dates. For the first 20 miles or so, we followed a tributary in the Colorado River. This is the very end […]
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