http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:29:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/07/04/six-states-down/ Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/07/03/dave-doing-an-interview/ Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/07/03/visiting-matts-dad-in-the-hospital-in-shreveport/ Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/07/03/gregg-from-kenya-enjoying-the-local-cusine/ Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/07/03/dinner-in-la/ [singlepic=26,320,240,,right]Week Three was a great week on the Ride:Well Tour. We took the day off from riding in New Mexico and went to the movies, then got up the next morning and started just outside of Roswell, New Mexico and rode 85 miles into Plains, Texas. We were slightly upset ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/07/01/week-3-update/ Arriving in Texas was probably the most celebratory moment of the tour, so far. Arizona had us clinging to cactus for shade and water, and though the state was certainly beautiful, the days were long and hot. New Mexico showed us beauty, but our bodies were still adjusting. But it ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/27/dont-mess-with-texas/ [singlepic=10,320,240,,right]It was supposed to be the hardest week of the tour, and it lived up to that expectation. At least so far. Our goal was to get through the week, allowing our bodies to adjust to the schedule and the miles, without falling apart. And so after a day off ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/24/week-2-update/ Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/24/burgers-in-tahoka-texas/ Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/22/rainbow-in-new-mexico/ We are in the middle of week three, but I wanted to tell you a funny story from the end of Week Two. Friday of last week we rode from Socorro New Mexico to Capitan New Mexico, about 95 miles away. It was a day of errors and adventure for ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/22/caught-in-a-hail-storm/ A quick update from my iPhone. Life is good on the open road. We are now in New Mexico. The team is more healthy than ever. Today we completed our tenth stage which means the ride is 25% complete. That is hard to believe. Week two has been a difficult week. We've ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/19/no-internet-but-an-update-will-come-soon/ Two days of mountains. Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/18/mountains/ [singlepic=5,320,240,,right]I am sitting in my friend Jordan and Mindy's living room, just having woken up on Sunday morning. Last night we pedaled from Hope Arizona to Anthem, right outside Phoenix. The day started at 3:30 in the morning and ended fairly dramatically as the small group that made it in ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/16/week-1-update/ 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 ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/14/stopped-outside-phoenix/ 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. Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/13/taking-a-break/ 85 miles in I found some shade next to a metal box by a railroad track!! Sent from phone.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/12/shade/ 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.Mobile post sent by donmiller using Utterz.  Replies. http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/11/graph-of-day-one/ Day two was a 65 mile ride that was pretty flat. The hilight of the day was when my tire blew and then my spare blew so some of us decided to take a nap in the shade and wait for the support vehicle to come. It was a great ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/11/pics-from-day-two/ Day three was a long, rolling ride that started with a great morning that gave us a quick 50 miles. We all stopped for lunch together in what was perhaps the only shade in the desert, a shed outside a gas station. And we had to stop for water at ... http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/ride/2008/06/11/pic-from-day-three/