What a beautiful ride today! The mountains and desert were picturesque and breathtaking. Some parts of the mountains today were huge rocks. Because we were climbing you just couldn't stop to take pictures often enough. Some of the huge rock formations looked like they could break loose with the wind. One was balanced on two edges with a clearing underneath. It had to weigh tons. Valleys too were filled with boulders. Again no sign of wildlife but once today we scared up a buzzard who began circling us like we were the only possibility of the next meal. He actually acted like he might swoop down and start chomping.
The climbing wasn't difficult because again the wind, although light, was at our backs. The decent was over eight miles. We rode with light pressure on the breaks because of junk on the side of the road. At one point the traffic lightened up and Bob prepared me to "hold on and tuck your head in". He pulled out onto the road and let go of the breaks. We soared five miles at 45 mph. It was awesome! We rolled right into Benson, the only town left before Tucson. The day seemed too short and too easy but going all the way to Tucson would make our day over 80 miles. Ron has bad knees and really doesn't like when we do over 50, which is often enough. So we found a place for lunch and cheap rest for the night.
Tomorrow we will climb the mountains out of here and end in Tucson. I've just contacted a Warm Showers host home so will wait to see if that is a possibility.
We have some loose spokes that need adjustment so Bob is tending to that.
The nights continue to be cool and the days hot. No rain, ever! I think if they get it in this area the schools would have a rain day just so the kids could play in it.
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