Day 51 – April 16th – There and Back Again

Ryan and I had a very nice morning in Arizona, where the sun rises very early at 6:45am! (They opt out of the time change here haha)

After breakfast in bed, coffee, camp take down, stretching, and planking, we left for another good day of mainly downhill. I had the pleasure of talking to Nancy and Joe Henry, my grandma and grandpa while pedaling up one of the few big hills we encountered to wish my grandpa a happy 74th birthday. I love you Nana and Papa!!!

Jim knows how to handle the sun. We want his helmet brim.

We met a fellow traveler, Jim, who had to cut his Tour D’Afrique from Cairo to Cape Town short due to coronavirus concerns and settled instead for the Southern Tier. What interesting people there are doing this bike touring business! I am constantly humbled by the people we meet biking.

We ate a satisfying lunch, courtesy of Dollar General, and continued on our way towards Globe, AZ. A sweet family of 6 helped us find a quiet unused side road to camp down and we are settled for the night in a dry river bed looking up at thousands of stars ⭐️ ✨ 🌟 💫 Time for some sweet dreams.

*Update from 04/16* We saw some very strange lights in the night sky, orange blinking lights that would move and then vanish, bright fast moving white pinpricks that would also vanish. Maybe there was some military training going on? Very eerie!