Total: 2561 miles
Refer to day thirty one for the other Top Ten reasons. The final two reasons have been selected and the winners are Eric with "Go East, young man, just doesn't have the same ring" and Laurie and Jerry with "It gives you three more hours of cycling fun." Congratulations to the winners!
Cyclist's Observation: A combo for a food order is easy, but a combo for cycling (climbing and wind) is hard.
Bill and I have applied all of our techniques for room selection. We ended up at the Lux Inn Mountain Resort in Boulevard, California. The "Lux" must stand for luxury based on the vintage cars being restored in front of the office. We have two TVs in our room and the smaller one actually works on one infomercial channel. Bill was the first to the shower and after getting an employee to turn it on we left it running for the second shower. Neither Bill nor I had much experience with petrified soap. It must be unique to the southwest.
Cyclist's Observation: A combo for a food order is easy, but a combo for cycling (climbing and wind) is hard.
Bill and I have applied all of our techniques for room selection. We ended up at the Lux Inn Mountain Resort in Boulevard, California. The "Lux" must stand for luxury based on the vintage cars being restored in front of the office. We have two TVs in our room and the smaller one actually works on one infomercial channel. Bill was the first to the shower and after getting an employee to turn it on we left it running for the second shower. Neither Bill nor I had much experience with petrified soap. It must be unique to the southwest.
We had traveled 62 miles from Calexico, California to Boulevard at 10.1 mph. This does not explain the full events of the day. I started with a flat before we checked out of the motel, so we got a late start at the
beginning of the day. We had a nice ride through the desert and saw many water flags in case we were stranded (see picture). Then it was up, up, up, up ... for approximately 12 miles. In order to make the ride more exciting we had to violate a California state law by riding on the interstate. No problem with the highway patrol, but the gusting headwinds coming down the mountain at 30 to 40 mph was an added feature we could have left in Texas. After cresting the top of the world, we muddled along the byways stopping at anyplace that had food or drink. At one of the stops, we were shopping for dinner when someone called out Bill's name. We had been stopped long enough that Bill's brain recognized the greeting and he responded. It was family and friends on their way to San Diego from Phoenix. Fat chance this could happen. We chatted with Rod and Becky, Matt and his wife, and the grandkids for a few minutes and then it was off to the Lux Inn.Happenstance or no chance, we are still the Old Land Cruisers.
For my friend Bill,
ReplyDeleteIn spite of the fact I still think your making this journey is crazy as all get out, I'm also wildly impressed by what the pair of you have accomplished. You remain in our thoughts and I, for one, am grateful for this blog so i can know you're safely tucked in each night.
Ride safe,
Mike
You have certainly left your mark(s) on this great country of ours and are to be applauded for all your accomplishments-what's the sound of one hand clapping? OOOPS-that's one hand on the left and one on the right, from each of us. Please let us know via email that you are safe and sound on home ground after you land back East. You guys are awesome!
ReplyDeleteAnd you thought we were kidding about the water flags....The old cowboys would have loved it!They look bigger than I thought they would be. I think the name of your motel, LUX,is rather tongue in cheek meaning..."just our LUCKS that we got TV and running water! Gotta love it!
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