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via bicycle from San Diego, CA to Phoenix, AZ with WomanTours March 6 - March 14, 2008 423.4 miles with 15,094 feet of elevation gain and 15,452 feet of elevation loss |
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Again the first map is the Adventure Cycling map and shows our actual route and for the 2nd map I used the AAA online mapping service to print a map that shows their suggested highway route to each night's stop--of course these highways are not always the best highways for bicycle riders and are NOT indicative of our actual route, but it gives you a general view of our route. |
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Section 1 - I rode 363.4 miles preliminary days Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 |
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travel days prior to the tour Terre Haute, IN to San Diego, California |
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I drove to San Diego from Terre Haute in an Avis rental car so I could transport my recumbent without having to ship it and worry about having it damaged. It took me three days and I listened to three audio books on CDs as I drove written by Tim Lahaye, one of the authors of the Left Behind series. They were three books from his next series--Babylon Rising. The books are interesting but not as good as the Left Behind books. I also used a GPS system for the first time and I loved it. You should have backup maps in case the technology fails, but I would now hate to drive without it. The instant you deviate from the route, a voice says "recalculating" and you know you are off course. You are then given new directions that will get you back on route. I goofed twice and was redirected with no problems. Going though large cities is very easy as you are told far in advance which lane you need to be in for a turn or to stay left (or right) when the road splits. Also you can relax and not worry about missing a turn as a voice will prompt you in advance of the turn and remind you 2-3 times. I'm staying at the Holiday Inn Bayside in San Diego pictured below on March 4th and 5th. Then I join WomanTours at the same motel and stay one more night.
Here are several web sites where you can learn more about San Diego: http://www.sandiego.gov/directories/visiting.shtml http://www.usatourist.com/english/destinations/california/sandiego/sandiego-main.html http://www.sandiegocitytourist.com/san-diego-attractions.html and click here to check the weather for San Diego. Below are a few of the pictures I took as I drove across the country. |
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Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Highway System - I crossed the state on I-40 |
3-D map of Texas |
large cross beside the interstate |
interesting picture of windmills |
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my free day in San Diego |
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The first thing I did was sleep in. I hadn't slept well the night before I left or the first night on the road so I had a little sleep deprivation. Then I rode my bike to the Cabrillo National Monument. It was only about 9 miles one way, but there was one steep hill. Then when I got to the monument I misinterpreted the road sign and went down to the tidal pools. The problem was I had to come back UP. I didn't have my Garmin GPS on my bike so I don't know what percent the grade was but it was steep and it was also long, but hallelujah I made it up so I'm off to a good start. However as I drove in I crossed the mountains--we probably won't be on the same roads, but they were steep! The park has great views. To the east, the skyline of downtown San Diego framed by the Cuyamaca mountains serves as a backdrop to the bay. To the south, visitors can see Mexico across the shimmering waters of the bay and, to the west, the Pacific ocean extends to the horizon and beyond. Four hundred feet below the park overlooks, you can watch sailboats, commercial ships and ships of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet glide in and out of the harbor entrance. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo led the first European expedition to explore what is now the west coast of the United States. Cabrillo departed from the port of Navidad, Mexico, on June 27, 1542. One hundred and three days into the journey, Cabrillo's ships entered San Diego bay. He probably landed at Ballast Point (visible from the Cabrillo National Monument visitor center) where he claimed the land for Spain. Cabrillo described the bay as "a closed and very good harbor," which he called San Miguel. The name San Miguel was changed to San Diego 60 years later by another explorer, Sebastian Vizcaino. The Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for 36 years. At dusk on November 15, 1855 the light keeper climbed the winding stairs and lit the light for the first time. What seemed to be a good location 422 feet above sea level, however, had a serious flaw. Fog and low clouds often obscured the light. On March 23, 1891 the light was extinguished and the keeper moved to a new lighthouse location closer to the water at the tip of the Point. Today the Old Point Loma Light House still stands watch over San Diego, sentinel to a vanished past. The National Park Service has refurbished the interior to its historic 1880’s appearance. |
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entrance sign |
sign explaining about Cabrillo's ships |
the lighthouse & assistant keeper's quarters |
a picture of the lighthouse when it was still in operation |
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the world's first permanent lighthouse - the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt |
Cabrillo |
Cabrillo's flagship, the San Salvador |
the landing at San Miguel - later renamed San Diego |
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harbor |
downtown San Diego |
bridge to Coronado Island |
harbor |
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Day 1 - March 6, 2008 San Diego, California |
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The first day was a get organized and acquainted day. It started with a 9:30 bike pick-up from Bernie's Bike Shop. Anyone who had their bike shipped to Bernie's could meet in the parking lot to go and pick it up then ride it back to the Holiday Inn. They also picked up 3 bikes for people who hadn't arrived yet, and one bike had been delayed and wouldn't be arriving until tomorrow. Fortunately she had come with friends so they will pick the bike up and drive to our first stop--Alpine, CA--to deliver it. At 1 pm we had an orientation meeting to meet everyone, receive more information about how the trip will operate, and receive our bike jersey, T-shirt, and water bottle. I already know the two tour leaders as Michelle was the chef for the first part of last year's Meandering Mississippi tour and Linda was the chef for the last part. This time Michelle is the guide and Linda is the chef for the entire tour. It is Michelle's 9th time to do the Southern Tier, and it is the11th trip for WomanTours. At 3:30 pm there was a Bike Set-Up and Fix a-flat Workshop in the parking lot. Since my bike is ready to go and thanks to Jerry's personal fix-a-flat lesson before I left Terre Haute I feel much better about changing a tire, I skipped that meeting. At 6:30 pm we ended the day with our opening banquet in the Balboa Room of the Holiday Inn. We had a salad, salmon and chicken, rice, vegetables, and carrot cake for dessert. |
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Day 2 - March 7, 2008 San Diego to Alpine, CA 3 miles to the beach then 32.2 miles to Alpine |
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Alpine is located only a half hour drive from San Diego and the Pacific Ocean just off Highway 8, but 33 miles on a bicycle takes a lot longer than that especially when you stop at the beach to dip your back wheel in the ocean and when you climb almost 3,000 feet. The first day was a challenge, but we made it and it was very rewarding. I found out very early that neither one of my computers worked. My Cateye was set wrong so the mileage was way off, and my Garmin GPS's battery was low even though I had plugged it in and thought I had charged it the night before. I will check it more carefully tonight, and I now know the correct setting for the Cateye and will have Michelle who is familiar with the Cayeye set it for me tonight. We left at 8 am as a group to ride to Dog Beach for the traditional dipping of our back wheels in the Pacific Ocean. It was very warm, and we all rode in our short sleeve WomanTour bike jersies. After we left the beach we were on a trail for a while, but then we were on busy roads for the rest of the day except for a very pleasant 2.5 mile ride through Mission Trails Park. However the roads did have nice bike lanes, but you had to be careful when there was a right turn lane. There was one long climb they didn't mention on our route map then we had a 1 mile climb and at the end we had another long, steady climb. In between we were going up and downhill a lot as shown on the elevation chart shown below. The Ayers Motel is nice and they have a wireless network! Dinner cooked by our chef, Linda, was delicious--salad, boiled red potatoes, broccoli, tilapia fish, and 3 kinds of cookies for dessert. The weather prediction for tomorrow is mostly sunny with a high of 74, but it is expected to be around 45 tonight and it was already very cool as we ate our dinner in the parking lot. I wore my fleece jacket. The daily route maps and elevation charts are from www.bikely.com and were submitted to the site by "Anniebikes." |
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map of today's route |
elevation chart showing the 2,894 feet that we climbed |
me dipping my tire in the Pacific |
Kathy Blanks |
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a group picture at the beach |
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Day 3 - March 8, 2008 Alpine to Jacumba, CA - 39.4 miles (I sagged 7-8 miles) |
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Both of my computers worked today! Kathy Blanks and I started riding together. We did more climbing today than yesterday--a total of 4,813 feet. Approximately the first 14 miles went UP. I had to look for places where I could stop and rest and get started again. At one point I was very tired and at that point we hit our steepest climb of the day. I stopped and walked up the worse of it and then used a downward sloping driveway to get started again. Finally after getting off the interstate at about mile 9 we met the sag, and I couldn't take any more of the constant uphill and asked the sag driver to bump me forward. Since Kathy and I were last at that point she put my bike on top of the Subaru and drove me 7-8 miles to Pine Valley. I hated to leave Kathy, but I had to have a short break. At Pine Valley almost everyone, including me, stopped at the diner for some pie. I had a huge piece of apple pie, and it was delicious. We started the day on Alpine Blvd. right outside the motel then rode on I8 for a little over 3 miles, and finished up on US 80 which parallels I8. All of the roads had either a bike lane or a wide shoulder, but the shoulder on much of US 80 was in bad shape. I could ride in the shoulder when I was going up because I was going very slow. but when we hit the long steep descents I had to move over into the road next to the white line, and we had two long descents--one was about 5 miles long and the second about 8 except for an occasional uphill section. Jacumba (pronounced “Hah-COME-bah”) is on historic Highway 80 and nearly disappeared a quarter century ago when I-8 bypassed the town by two miles. Today some 400 people live in Jacumba, and the town is a quiet high-desert retreat instead of a thriving spa. In the 1920s and ‘30s the community prospered, its therapeutic hot springs a Mecca for Hollywood celebrities and wealthy Imperial Valley growers. Clark Gable, the king of Hollywood in the 30’s, is said to have made Jacumba famous by frequenting its spa. There are 86 mountain ranges in southern
California. One of these is the Jacumba Mountains which are
located near the U.S. border with Mexico and lie in a northwest-southeasterly direction east of the
In-Ko-Pah Mountains, and north of I-8. The range is approximately 10
miles long, and the mountains are located about four miles northeast
of the town of Jacumba. The mountains reach an elevation of 4,089 feet
at Table Mountain, at the southwestern end of the chain. (from
Wikipedia) Jacumba sits about 3,000 feet above sea level. The hotel is situated above a natural hot mineral spring, and the swimming pool and the jacuzzi are both fed by spring waters. The outside stucco walls of the hotel are painted in bright southwestern blues, pinks, yellows, and greens, and there’s big shade trees on the grounds. The interior decoration of the rooms leaves a bit to be desired, but the beds are clean and there’s hot water in the showers! Because of the high altitude it got very chilly that night, and I had trouble getting the ancient heater to work, but at last I was successful. It was also chilly at dinner tonight, but the food was very good--a salad, all the fixings for you to make your own burrito, and watermelon. Tonight we set our clocks ahead for daylight savings time so we are not going to have breakfast until 7:30 tomorrow. It's a longer day, but the terrain is flatter except for a small climb at the beginning. Today I rode 39.4 miles at a very slow 7.0 miles an hour due to the climbing terrain. Today one rider had an accident similar to the one I had on the Mississippi ride. She tried to leave the rough shoulder and get on the highway and there was a raised edge that caused her to fall. A passing motorist stopped to help her and transported her to the motel. She was not seriously hurt, but has road abrasions on both knees and on her face. |
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Alpine to Jacumba map |
elevation chart showing the 4,813 feet that we climbed |
our van and a number of bikes outside the pie diner |
we crossed the Tecate Divide with an elevation of 3,890 |
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Day 4 - March 9, 2008 Jacumba to Brawley, CA - 66.9 miles |
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Today
Kathy and I rode together again. We started with a steady but not steep
climb, but we had a headwind most of the day so it was very hard as a head
wind feels like you are climbing a hill. Then after 5 miles we rode
on I-8 for 10 miles downhill all the way. We started at 3,000 foot
elevation and were at 665 feet when we exited the interstate. Three people
had flat tires soon after exiting the interstate due to wires they had
picked up from the shredded truck tires--Kathy was one of these
unfortunate people. After exiting we entered the
Yuha Desert which is a distinct section of the much larger
Sonoran
Desert. One
of the hottest of the North American deserts, this portion of the Sonoran
averages just under three inches of rain a year. It benefits typically
from a summer monsoon and more gentle winter rains. The Yuha portion
stretches from the Jacumba Mountains to the historic West Side Main Canal
near El Centro, and from Plaster City to south of Mount Signal, which is
located in Mexico. Then at about the 22 mile mark we had a VERY rough road for about 6.5 miles. It was terrible. You couldn't pick up any speed even though the road was basically level, and it made my back and feet hurt while it made Kathy's neck hurt. The last 13 miles we were on State Road 86, and it was a very busy highway; however, it did have a wide shoulder. We ended the day in Brawley at 104 feet below sea level. Bawley
is in the Imperial Valley which is a region of southeastern California located,
in part, between the Colorado
River and the Salton
Sea, which is California's largest saltwater lake.
In
the Imperial Valley 450,000 acres of farmland fuel a
billion-dollar agricultural economy that provides about half of the
country’s winter vegetable crop. Fields hard-won from the desert are
planted with a supermarket cornucopia of lettuce, tomatoes, asparagus and
citrus, and with enormous amounts of water-intensive cattle feed, such as
alfalfa and bermuda grass. Although
this region is a desert, with high temperatures and low average rainfall
of three inches (seventy-five mm) per year, the economy is heavily based
on agriculture due to the availability of irrigation water, which is
supplied wholly from the Colorado River via the All-American
Canal. A vast system of canals, check dams, and
pipelines carry the water all over the valley, a system which forms the
Imperial
Irrigation District, or IID. The water distribution system
includes over 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canal and
1,100 miles (1,800 km) of pipeline. The number of canal and
pipeline branches number roughly over a hundred. Imported water and a long growing season allow
two crop cycles each year, and the Imperial Valley is a major source of
winter fruits and vegetables, cotton, and grain for U.S. and international
markets. Alfalfa is another major crop produced in the Imperial Valley.
The agricultural lands are served by a constructed agricultural drain
system, which conveys surface runoff and subsurface drainage from fields
to the Salton Sea, which is a designated repository for agricultural
runoff. A secondary industry of the Imperial Valley region is tourism. Many visitors come to the area to visit the Salton Sea (California's largest inland lake, which serves as a dumpout point for the overflow and drainage from the IID canal system and ditch drainage) and the Algodones Dunes. Most of the Imperial Valley is in fact below
sea level, including all of its major population centers. Due to this fact
a lot of dust and other airborne pollutants hover in the air and do not
move out of the valley. The dust, pesticides, and "smog" from
vehicles and burning fields causes an increased risk of asthma in the
local residents. Commonly, winds blow from the western mountains;
especially during the winter. Both sides of the Imperial Valley share a
common international bond of both Anglo-American and Hispanic cultures. On
the U.S. side, the majority of residents are of Mexican American or Latino
heritage, while the Mexican side was greatly influenced by American
culture by the U.S. for many decades. And the entire valley has
multi-racial representation of Africans, Europeans, east and south Asians,
and Native Americans. Imperial Valley is crossed by Interstate 8,
and State Routes 7,
78,
86,
98,
111
and
115,
and Mexican routes 2 and 5 with access to border entry ports to the US
side. Today another rider was injured. A rider in front of her stopped to look at something without signaling, and she didn't notice the stop in time and fell down. She hurt her collarbone and elbow, and they are going to take her in for some x-rays this evening after dinner. The City of Brawley is located in the center of Imperial County which is located in the southeastern part of the State of California. It is situated approximately 126 miles east of San Diego and 30 miles north of Mexicali, Mexico. Brawley was incorporated in 1908 and has a Council Manager form of government. The 2007 population is estimated to be 25,694. Average annual rainfall is around 2 inches per year. The Brawley Inn is very nice, but their wireless internet is too weak and I can't access the internet---bummer! |
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Jacumba to Brawley map |
elevation chart showing that we mainly descended & then rode a fairly flat route today |
view of I-8 back up the road |
view from I-8 near the end of the section we rode |
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Yuha Desert sign |
these unknown pink flowers were very numerous along the road |
these yellow flowers were not as numerous but there were a lot of them |
there was one section that had a lot of these white flowers |
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Day 5 - March 10, 2008 Brawley to Blythe, CA - I only did 40 of the 89 miles |
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Today was our longest ride yet, but it wasn't very hilly so I thought 89 miles were doable. It started out very chilly then got very hot and the wind though calm at the beginning developed into a strong head wind. My speed dropped from 12 mph to about 5.5. We rode through more of the agricultural lands in the Imperial Valley then through the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area and Kathy and I stopped at Glamis at the ONLY building in the town, the “Glamis Beach Store” (they advertised that they had sand toys) with huge tractor tires out front and ATV riders for their general clientele anxious to get out and ruin the sand dunes. The store sold clothes and cold drinks and food. I purchased an ice cream bar and some folding scissors as my previous pair had been confiscated some time ago when I went through an airport check-in line and Kathy purchased a V-8 juice. The scenery was desolate and dry. The Algodones Dunes is a large
erg
(sand
dune
field) located in southeastern portion of California,
near the border with Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California. The
field is approximately 72 kilometers long by 10 kilometers wide (45 miles
by 6 miles) and extends along a northwest-southeast line that correlates
to the prevailing northerly and westerly wind directions. The name "Algodones
Dunes" refers to the entire geographic feature, while the
administrative designation for that portion managed by the Bureau of Land
Management is the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (sometimes called
the Glamis Dunes). The Algodones Dunes are split into many different
sections. These sections include Glamis, Gordon's Well, Buttercup, Midway,
and Patton's Valley. The Spanish word algodones translates to the English
word cotton. The dunes continue to migrate southeast by
approximately one foot per year and have frequently been a barrier to
human movement in the area. Foot travelers frequently diverted south into
Mexico, and in 1877 the Southern Pacific Railroad was diverted north to
avoid the dunes, but in 1915 Colonel Ed Fletcher built a wooden plank
road across the dunes to prove that cars could cross the dunes and to
connect San Diego with Yuma, Arizona. This trail eventually became
part of I-8. During World War II, the U.S. military conducted desert
warfare training on the dunes, which were part of the California-Arizona
Maneuver Area. People have been driving on the dunes for recreation almost
since vehicles first reached the area, which may have been the proving
ground for the first dune buggy, a modified Ford Model A. Off-road driving
surged following World War II when surplus Jeeps became available to the
public. Kathy and I didn't get to the 40 mile lunch break until 12:30--a large pull-out about 15 miles east of Glamis where Linda had prepared a lunch as there was no place along the route to purchase lunch. . At this point Kathy and I and several others decided to get boosted up 10-20 miles because of the wind and because there was no longer a shoulder and we were coming into an area they call the dips which meant traffic wouldn't see us until they were on top of us. As it turned out one person got out after about 10 miles and another person got out when there were only 20 miles left to ride, but the other 8 of us stayed in the van all the way to the Comfort Suites. Then as I was walking to my room disaster struck and down I went. I hit my head and cut a large gash right below my eyebrow. So poor Michelle who spent several hours at the emergency room last night with a rider who had fallen now had to take me to the emergency room. About 3 hours later after a cat scan I was released with stitches below my eyebrow and a rapidly forming black eye. I had a bad headache right after the accident, but it went away and the doctor didn't have to give me anything for pain. He did tell me that the eye might be swollen shut by tomorrow, but happily it wasn't. I'm very happy that we have a rest day tomorrow and that is what I plan to do. If I'm having any problems on Wednesday I will have to take that day off too. I won't ride if one eye is shut or if I'm in pain or can't wear my helmet. |
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Brawley to Blythe map |
elevation chart showing the 1,684 feet that we climbed |
Cattle Call statue in Brawley |
one of the canals in the Imperial Valley |
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The Algondones Sand Dunes |
Kat fixing a flat tire |
the long road stretching ahead of us to the mountains |
the Chocolate Mountains |
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Day 6 - March 11, 2008 Blythe, CA - 1st rest day |
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a picture of my beautiful eye |
part of the bike cleaning group |
two of the statues beside the street near our motel
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Day 7 - March 12, 2008 Blythe, CA to Salome, AZ - 60.8 miles |
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About 4 miles after leaving the Comfort Suites Motel we crossed the Colorado River and the Arizona state line. We crossed the river on a pedestrian section of the bridge, but the entrance and exit from the pedestrian crossing was terrible and had to be walked. Shortly after crossing the bridge we crossed over I-10 then we entered I-10 and rode on it for 18 miles. When we exited we rode through Quartzite and stopped at Sweet Darlene's which we were told had great pies and baked goods for lunch, but it was too early and the sag was there so Kathy and I just had some of the snacks that were in the Subaru and filled up our water bottles. After Quartzite we went back onto I-10 for 11 more miles and finally exited onto US 60. We rode through Brenda and Hope, and as the 5th picture below shows we went beyond Hope--in fact we went 8 miles beyond Hope to Salome, AZ where we stayed in Shefflers Motel--which is the best (and maybe only) motel in the city. |
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Blythe to Salome map |
elevation chart showing the 2,675 feet that we climbed |
Colorado River |
we crossed our first state border |
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beautiful scenery along the road |
beyond hope |
yesterday was Suzanne's birthday |
Suzanne's birthday cookie |
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Day 8 - March 13, 2008 Salome, AZ to Wickenburg, AZ - 55.5 miles |
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Today we did all of our riding on US 60. We rode out of the motel, turned right onto US 60, rode for 55 miles, and turned left into the Wickenburg Inn. On the way we stopped at a great coffeehouse named Ingredients at the eastern side of Wenden and at Big Mama's in Aguila, but it was closed. Wickenburg is a large city, and it was downhill all the way in--which was great and there was a great view of the Wickenburg Mountains. Nestled in the foothills of the Vulture Mountains, along the banks of the Hassayampa River, is an oasis in the Sonoran Desert: Wickenburg. In 1863 Henry Wickenburg threw a rock at his recalcitrant mule, and since the rock was heavy with gold it fell short of its mark and Henry started digging. The town was founded to support Henry's Vulture Gold Mine and has evolved throughout the years to become a modern community rich in the traditions of the Old West. The Vulture Mountains lie just south of the airport, with Wickenburg’s major landmark, Vulture Peak, topping out at 3660 feet. The 4600 foot Wickenburg Mountains are to the east and the Harquahala and Harcuvar Mountains, at 5700 and 5100 feet respectively, lie to the west. The rough and rugged terrain of these mountains is host to old mining operations and a variety of wildlife and vegetation. Weather forecast for tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a west wind 7 to 10 mph increasing to between 19 and 22 mph. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. |
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Salome to Wickenburg route |
the elevation chart looks impressive but we climbed only 931 feet today |
Sheffler's Motel |
several of us posed in front of the Ingredients Coffeehouse |
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Jane, Hannah, Penney, Judy, Clark, Pat, Ellen |
Jane at Wenden's Internet Service |
a view of the mountains as we were riding |
view of the Wickenburg Mountains as we were coming down US 60 into town |
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Day 9 - March 14, 2008 Wickenburg to Phoenix, AZ - 65.6 miles |
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Today was a GREAT day. It was chilly when we started, but it warmed up fast and didn't get too warm. We started on US 60, and it had a bad shoulder, but we turned in about 8 miles onto SR 74 and it had a much better shoulder. The scenery was full of Saguaro cactuses with the ever present mountains in the background--very pretty. We followed 74 for 42 miles, and the name changed from Morristown Hwy. to Carefree Hwy. While we were still way out in the desert we saw a Welcome to Phoenix sign--I guess they are allowing for future expansion. Traffic wasn't bad until we crossed over I-17. With the traffic and construction it got pretty bad, but there was a nice new wide sidewalk on the bridge, and we used it instead of fighting the cars. Shortly afterwards there was a sag stop in a little shopping center, and Kathy and I went into a Mexican restaurant and had tacos--I had chicken and Kathy had mahi mahi. The food was good, but the service was poor. When we came out of the restaurant the wind had really picked up, but fortunately it was a tailwind until we turned onto Cave Creek Road in 10 miles then it was a crosswind. And 11 miles later we turned again and this time it was a headwind! Fortunately we only had to go about 4 miles in this direction and then was rewarded with a crosswind for another mile before we rode through a nice home neighborhood with a curvy street for a mile before we intersected with the frontage road in front of the Best Western and simply rode our bikes on the sidewalk a short distance to the motel. The motel is nice, and I did my washing again even though it was a little early because the washers were available and were cheap. At 5 o'clock the front desk popped fresh popcorn for the guests and put cookies out. Linda fixed baked salmon tonight--yum, yum!!!!! |
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Wickenburg to Phoenix route map |
elevation chart showing the 1,340 feet that we climbed |
cactus & mountains |
another kind of cactus |
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Cheryl & 2 other riders coming into the 1st sag stop |
mama, papa, and baby cacti |
Welcome to Phoenix sign |
interesting sign |
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| Introduction |
I rode 416.67 miles March 15 - March 23 Phoenix to El Paso, TX |
I rode 362.7 miles March 24 - March 30 El Paso to Del Rio, TX |
I rode 405.2 miles March 31 - April 8 Del Rio to Navasota, TX |
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I rode 368.2 miles April 9 - April 16 Navasota to St. Francisville, LA |
I rode 345.5 miles April 17 - April 23 St. Francisville to Crestview, Fl |
I rode 447 miles April 24 - May 1 Crestview to St. Augustine, FL |
wind up & shuttle to Jacksonville May 2 |
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