Day 7 May 3

 

Today was an early departure @ 5:30 am . My host Phyllis & Randy Wells are the best. Not only breakfast served but they have a tradition of riding into town with the bike rider on there bikes. This was more special given the fact that it was the first time since January that Phyllis had ridden,as she is recovering from her first round of chemo treatments for her Cancer. She is one amazing lady & if anyone traveling on bike & needs a place for the night these people are special. 

I put in 28 miles to Congress Az where I stopped for a break @ a real nice cafe in town. I then started off on one of the toughest climbs of the ride up Yarnell Mt. that climbs 2000 ft in 6 miles. Of interest on this day the mountain road was being used by a film crew filming  a movie. The road was being regulated by the Az highway patrol & film crew members were constantly being escorted up & down the Mt. It was all pretty interesting & a welcome distraction to the climb that took me an hour & a half to climb in the 95 degree heat. I then worked my way to the second big climb of the up Prescott Mt that rises @ 150ft per mile! I opted to skirt the Mt to the west & abate the twisting road from the south. This route around to the west was 6 miles longer with the same climb just better shoulders to ride on. This climb took two & a half hours! It just didn’t end! I ended up on a long decent into Prescott after 12 hours in the saddle to make the 84 mile trip. I was sun baked & exhausted. I found a hotel room for the night & settled in to a welcomed ice bath! I think that maybe it will be a short ride tomo maybe to Sedona – maybe all the way to Flagstaff? I will wait & see what the day brings me. 

As tough as my day seemed to be Justin Kline probably had a tougher on. That thought kinda keeps me going. Thanks for all the messages & support from home & remember to keep Justin & his family in your prayers!

An finally I will offer my thought for the day. I decided to write a “thought for the day” at the end of each day except for the days that I don’t write one!  So toss ays thought is “what happens to all of the “stock ” Harley Davidson mufflers that come from the factory on a new Harley? Because NO ONE has the stock mufflers on their bikes! I looked on Craig’s List – EBay etc & don’t see any for sale ? Just wondering.