Yesterday's ride was 88 miles from Dateland to Buckeye Arizona. Buckeye was named after the number of Ohio residents that had moved to the area so it was a fitting place for us to spend the night. We started the morning by meeting the students whose gym we crashed the night before, we gave a short talk about who we were and where we were from then hit the road. A pretty substantial tail wind and pretty flat roads along interstate 8 got our average speed for the first 50 or so miles to right around 27 mph which is a lot of fun when you're in a big group. One of the best parts of the first week had been getting to watch the progression in skill and comfort level with the bike for some of the more inexperienced riders, our front group continues to grow every day and sharing the road with them has been a lot of fun. The weather has been beautiful, lots of bright sunshine and luckily we've been finishing most of our days ride before the afternoon sun really begins to beat down on the pavement. We made it in to town right around 1 pm and couldn't get into the school we were staying at in Buckeye until around 4 so we headed to the local watering hole Las Posistas for some afternoon margaritas, which quickly turned in to crashing the place all the way through the national championship game. With only a 30 mile ride from Buckeye to Phoenix today, everyone took the opportunity to have some fun and we definitely had a lot of laughs. We just arrived at the University of Arizona College of Medicine to give a lecture, its a beautiful campus right in the middle of downtown. This afternoon we are headed for the Jewish Community Center in Scottsdale, it has a pool so everyone is really excited to get there. Tomorrow its back to camping, hopefully it'll be warmer this time around. No Chain!
The students at the morning lecture
Our first rest stop at an old school gas station
The front group stopping for a flat.
I never get tired of the scenery.
Im 1/2 a Buckeye so it works.
We all celebrated with margaritas
Libby celebrated by jumping in a bush.
Saw your folks and they mentioned your adventure. World Health Org. is a great organization, and I'm glad to see you are doing something meaningful while having a challenging good time! Must be the influence of you fav. babysitter:) I'll enjoy reading along the way.
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