Tuesday April 7, 2015

Gene-Robert made us pancakes for breakfast, they were so light and fluffy. They had quinoa and rolled oats in them, they definitely kept us going for a while. Joy said she could boil some water for coffee, but didn’t have any coffee to make. Being a Mormon household, coffee, tea or alcohol would not be available. We decided on orange juice.

As we passed one small town I noticed these strange rock formations, that looked like houses were carved into them.

We got a response from a warmshowers host in Globe, so we made the big push to Globe. New Personal Best – distance 130 kms. The headwinds that were forecasted did not materialize, but it was a windy afternoon with some strong gusts.

We met a couple on a tandem riding the four corners of the US (I didn’t realize the US was square). They live in New Hampshire and cycled down to the Florida Keys, now they are cycling to San Diego then up the Pacific Coast and back to Maine and New Hampshire.

Today was a long ride, and the road was awful. The shoulders were bumpy and grass was growing on some sections of the shoulder, to make matters worse the car drivers didn’t give us any room at all.

However, today we saw our first big Arizona Cactus.

The skies and scenery were beautiful.

Considering the distance we have cycled in the US, the Arizona drivers have to be the most inconsiderate we have come across in the US. They drive fast and do not share the road.

We arrived at our warmshowers host at around 4:30 and after settling in we chatted to Larry. Larry and Sue took us to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and then we had homemade blueberry ice-cream for dessert.

We were both tired and were in bed by 9:00pm.