I actually got back yesterday but was too beat to write about the ride. The good part about the hotel stay was that it was near The bed wasn’t bad for my battered self either. Anyway, I was on the road at 8. Despite taking the easier way, I did manage to find suffering. First…
Day 3: Cordes to Black Canyon City
Wow. Wowooowooowwooow. Today was crazy. I’m writing from a plastic chair in front of a motel room next to a coffee can ash tray. Nothing more American than this (except maybe bullet holes in signage next to piles of empty cans of whatever kind of light beer). I’ll tell you how I got here. It…
Day 2: Horseshoe Lake to Cordes Junction
I am DEAD. Today was perhaps the toughest day of cycling I’ve ever done. And only 89 km! Got up at about 6:15 and on the road an hour and a half later. I’ll never understand why breaking camp takes so long. Shortly after leaving I crossed the dam that creates Horseshoe Lake. The walkway…
Day 1: parents house to Horseshoe Lake
If this trip ended today, I’d feel like I got what I came for. Riding in the desert is everything I thought it would be – difficult, gorgeous, somehow magical and beyond time. It’s an amazing environment to be in. I got on the bike at 7:30. First 30 km was on a canal path….
As soon as its dry
First person to make some sort of smart comment about the name of this route and the fact that I’m riding it will be kicked off the internet. Am I clear? We came down to AZ to celebrate my dad’s 75th birthday (!!!) as well as my mother and brother Jeremy’s birthdays. It was a…