This was a pitso day in more ways than one although the ride was great.
We woke up to extremely wet tents from dew. I had another flat tire due to the goatheads. I’llll try to get a picture of one soon. They are lethal. I laid all my bags on the ground next to where I was going to set up my tent and when I picked up the one, it had 15-20 goatheads sticking in it. You can’t see the little creeps but you sure feel them. When I put my ground cloth down, one poked me through it. They are relentless. A couple guys even sprung a leak in their therma rests that they sleep on so by morning the air was all gone. Funny but not funny.
We rode on what is the beginning of the longest uninterrupted section of rte 66. Starts out on Crookton Road and goes for a long time. Quite interesting terrain today and lots of downhill with a tail wind even though we did climb Crookton Pass. No sign at the top. So far, this has been one of the nicest roads we’ve ridden on.
We went through Seligman and it was a pretty cool town. Lots of rte 66 buildings.
We are out in the real boonies tonite. No phone service, no Wi-Fi, no internet, can’t even text. But we were honored with a cloud show that was quite impressive.
On the way up to the campground, I passed this car along side the road.
The main source of entertainment tonite is everyone checking and rechecking their tires for goatheads and wires from the interstate. We are all becoming a little paranoid.
50.8 miles today. 5786.7 total
BikerAl Across America 2018 