Day 61: To Three Way, Az
Friday April 2, 2010, 80 miles (129 km) - Total so far: 2,710 miles (4,361 km)
Last night we decided to get a hotel room, so we were able to start the day off with a continental breakfast. Coffee, oatmeal, toast, bagels, cereal, hard boiled eggs, and fruit always makes for a good start to the day. About 5 miles down the road, we realized it wasn't warming up as quick as usual, so we stopped, at a Continental Divide sign (3rd and dinal crossing I think), to add some layers. As we were putting on leg warmers, whose voice do we hear? Jeff's. He was a few miles out of Silver City camped out, but had to get to a bike shop, so he was riding the tailwinds back to Silver City. That probably won't be the last we see of him. So we pushed on, fighting chilly winds and a low temperature pretty much all day long. About half way through the day, we saw an Adventure Cycling group riding east, with their support van and road bikes. We climbed for a good chunk of today, but the last 14 miles were pretty much all downhill. We had 3 miles of switchbacks coming out of the Big Lue(?) Mountains, and then just long gradual descents. We still had to pedal to even hit 20 mph though. Tomorrow is a shorter day of about 50 to hit a campground. And once again we changed time, since Arizona doesn't do daylight savings.
