Today we had the longest mileage scheduled for the trip. The weather was hot and sunny, but the wind was mostly wicked headwind that slowed us down greatly. I made it in 8 hours and 50 minutes, and others were over 12 hours, but the group is making it...The ride was from Brawley, which as about 150 ft below sea level (soon to be Lake Al Gore) crossing over the Chocolate Mountains at about 1,150 feet, and ending at Blythe CA on the border of Arizona on the Colorado River. We passed the Imperial Sand Dunes and lots of other desert stuff. My Chamois Cream, affectionately called 'nut butter' has a half-life of about 30 miles, meaning by 60 it was not very effective and by 90 it was ouch-city. There are a lot of sore butts tonight. We go to Salome, AZ tomorrow, about 60 or so miles -- piece of cake.
Pictures are of Imperial Sand Dunes, and a friendly house in Ripley, CA.
HI Bruce. I finally got the right website and have caught up to your ride. Thanks for giving us the blow-by-blow, nut butter and all. Say hi to Becky for me and tell her to call again soon. Sue T.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it seem like you have an awfully long way to go? Isn't AZ a hot place? What were you thinking? Keep on truckin'!
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