May 3, Day 39 cycling Wickenburg to Quartzsite, AZ

Posted byKathy SchroederPosted inUncategorized

Sunday which is always nice with less traffic. Hwy 60 all day for me – 75 miles, 1045’ Wickenburg to Brenda, AZ. Mostly decent shoulder and when not, we weaved in and out of the lane trying to avoid cars (of course!) and the rumble strip. Desolate, dry, small towns in this huge basin & range geography of SW Arizona. The boys kept going in the wind (which we had all day from the E 😊 and S) and heat. Ended with about 95 degrees. They cycled further on hwy 60 then finished with 14 miles on Interstate 10. Yes, the same I-10 that started in FL! Boys 94.5 miles 1520’

So many interesting rugged, jagged mountains all around – Vulture Mountains, Harquahala Mountains, Bear Hills.

As Jody said, “and day 39, the gloves came off!”
Cute town last night with lots of murals, restaurants, hotels. Big tourist and rodeo town and evidently a chip plant is going in
(water & power sources?)
Leaving Wickenburg and Hassayampa River valley behind. Appreciated the cloud covered morning.
Lots of yucca and saguaro still blooming
Fast! 😊
Wind whipped up a dust storm in Aguila.
Luckily we didn’t suffer for long.
Figured our last full day in AZ, we’d better drink up some Arizona! In small town of Wenden (where it was windy!)
Basin of Ranegras Plain near Hope, AZ
South crosswinds started picking up
and tossing us about
I called it a day here – hot and windy.
Jumped in the car with Jody.

3 thoughts on “May 3, Day 39 cycling Wickenburg to Quartzsite, AZ”

  1. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to keep enough sunscreen on your hands.

    You were wise to get off your bike when it got really windy. I guess by this time biking across the country you didn’t feel like you had to ride EFI.

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