Author Archives: Kathy Schroeder

It started out cold up in the high desert in Jacumba at 42 degrees this morning. Winds were forecast to be lighter than the past few days.🤞 And they were; although the west wind grew steadily throughout the day. We bundled up even though we had a lot of climbing to do before heading downContinue reading “May 6, Day 42 The Pacific Ocean!! cycling Jacumba to San Diego, CA”

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Wow only one more day cycling tomorrow when we’ll see the Pacific Ocean! Gorgeous coolish day but for the big winds. Headed south in the big Imperial Valley ag region. Brawley is below sea level so when we got to Calexico 22 miles south at +1 elevation(!), I had already gained 203’ of climbing!! WeContinue reading “May 5, Day 41 cycling Brawley to Jacumba, CA”

Cloud cover was welcome all morning keeping the day cool; frontage road leaving Quartzsite was filled with sites for desert camping, a popular tourist activity in these parts (most tourists gone by now). Then cycled on to I-10 with debris-filled bumpy shoulder and gusty winds. But we made it up and over and down toContinue reading “May 4 Day 40 cycling Quartzsite, AZ to Brawley, CA”

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 &Continue reading “May 3, Day 39 cycling Wickenburg to Quartzsite, AZ”

Left at 630 this morning to try and beat a bit of heat. Cycling west and NW with a tailwind for 28 miles on bike paths across the Valley of the Sun/Salt River Valley/Phoenix Valley. Oh baby that was nice!! Twenty-four different municipalities in that huge valley. Then we were on roads and highways stillContinue reading “May 2, Day 38 Cycling Scottsdale to Wickenburg, AZ”

Happy May Day. Lovely Thai takeout dinner brought to us last night by Steven’s daughter Morgan and son-in-law Chase who are in Scottsdale for a long weekend! Always fun to see family. Tom took his bike in to a local bike shop to have the disc brakes checked which have been making a strange scrapingContinue reading “May 1 Rest Day!”

Up Tonto Creek and over Mazatzal mountains and down into the huge Mesa/Tempe/Scottsdale/Phoenix valley from the NE. When we were in Globe we were due east of the valley, but the cycling route took us north into the south central AZ mountains. Huge day today which started with 65 miles and over 5000’ up andContinue reading “April 30, Day 37 cycling Tonto Basin to Scottsdale, AZ”

Well what a difference a day can make! Today was a beautiful bike ride with minimal wind, temps below 80 and mostly decent road surfaces. We were fortunate to experience light traffic, too, unlike yesterday. 49.2 miles, 2579’ We started out at the house by first fixing Tom’s flat rear tire which had been lowContinue reading “April 29, Day 36 cycling Globe to Tonto Basin, AZ”

As an aside, it’s been interesting to basically be intersecting our entire journey since FL with Interstate 10. If we wanted to cycle on that freeway, the trip would have been a lot shorter and less hilly! In NM, we left the Interstate in Las Cruces and headed north up the Rio Grande and thenContinue reading “April 28, Day 35 cycling Safford to Globe, AZ”