Dateland AZ to Gila Bend AZ

Thursday March 17th



Hoeing veggies by hand
One of our Sag stops, usually two of these on a typical day. Snacks, beverage and tortilla wraps with bananas, apples, Nutella or Peanut Butter. 
This machine-handles just picked, sometimes washes, and packed into crates/boxes
I dont know what citrus these trees were, but they were all flat topped. 
Arrival yesterday at Dateland, after consuming my date shake. 
One of the many cattle feedlots. 
Another different style harvesting machine, still very labor intensive. 
Thursday mornings sunrise as we were getting ready to leave Dateland. 
 


Trying to limit myself to one beer a day.  Doing ok so far, but 8 weeks is a long time. 
Tonights accommodations at a public school in Gila Bend AZ

Last night cooled off pleasantly, but if you didn't fall asleep quickly you might have been awakened by trains and highway traffic all night.  I was ok until about 4 AM, couldn't fall back asleep due to outside noise. Todays ride was along I-8, and frontage roads between the rail tracks and interstate. A cooler temperature for riding today.  Just as I was leaving camp, while brushing off my rear tire, I felt a piece of wire (probably from an exploded truck tire). Pulled it out and yes, I had my 2nd flat of the trip. (Note -this will also be my last flat of the entire ride). Otherwise an uneventful day.  We are in Gila Bend AZ in the gymnasium and our caterer is working on dinner prep. Pedaled 50 miles today, climbing 613 feet at an average of 13.1 with a headwind punishing us for yesterdays awesome riding day. Burned 1841 calories today. 

Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 18, 2022 at 11:43 AM

    I would be interested to know your beginning and ending weights. What a cool trip.

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  2. UnknownMarch 18, 2022 at 3:57 PM

    I am so darn happy you ate doing this. Judging from your smile, u r loving it..

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  3. UnknownMarch 18, 2022 at 5:32 PM

    Thanks for taking us all along with you on this adventure....really interesting!!!

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  4. JJTMarch 19, 2022 at 5:50 AM

    Enjoying your commentary and photos as I casually cruise on my vicarious trip across the US. To this point I recognize these places from your previous adventure. Look forward to your posts.

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  5. islabonitaMarch 19, 2022 at 2:31 PM

    Love sightseeing along with your ride... anyone have ebikes?

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