Donald Miller and the Ride:Well Team Bike America

After being stuck in the desert yesterday and stopping anywhere we could find shade (which ended up being a practically abandoned r.v. Neighborhood) we got up around 4 this morning and pedaled out toward Phoenix to beat the heat. We knew it would be a 105 mile day but hoped to stop 60 miles out to eat and rest and swim. So right now we are at a park. We will pull out of here at 3 to start moving toward Phoenix. I now understand how it feels to be a storm front, always moving at 15 miles per hour, always getting caught up somewhere unexpected. That’s what we have become. The weather. 

Tomorrow we have the day off so I will send pics to the blog. The ride is going very well. We are in terrific spirits. Thanks for the prayers!

A park and lunch in wickenburg Arizona.
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Day five. Matt and I getting water at an Arizona diner. Hearing great conversations about obama and the end times in exchange for water. Awesome people.

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85 miles in I found some shade next to a metal box by a railroad track!!

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Also, here is a gaph of day one. I had a gps thing with me that charted our elevation. Our first day on the trip we climbed to nearly 5000 feet, and a total (including ups and downs) of nearly 10,000 feet. Insane.