March 16, 2018
A chilly morning and a steadily climbing 80+ mile ride was on the menu today. Yesterday’s tailwind was just a fond memory as what wind we had tended to blow into our faces. The climbs while long, were gradual and there was a great view of snow topped Mt. Graham as we left town.
Highlight of the day was crossing into New Mexico and crossing another state off our list. I even had a drive by of our support van to replenish my water supply. The highway goes through some beautiful high desert countryside but is littered with a ridiculous number of broken beer bottles. If there were a ten cent deposit on each one, a person could collect enough for retirement on this long highway.
