Day 10 May 6th Flagstaff – Tuba City

  
I guess that today’s ride was a payback by the bike gods for some of the brutal days I have endured thus far. After standing in line @ the starting gate for hotels “free continental breakfast” ( these breakfasts are like shopping @ a Walmart on Black Friday )After fending off elbows & body blocks I got my .50cents worth of stale cereal & over ripen bananas. I really mis the “Chatter Box restaurant back home. The day started off with a temperature of 36 degrees & colbalt blue skies. I got on the road @ 7:00 am & worked my way through the very busy streets of Flagstaff. It was about 8 miles dodging the heavy morning traffic, and endless red lights. At the city outskirts the road started a gradual descent that led into flat to rolling hills. A 30 mile per hour tailwind, combined with my loss of 10lbs of gear ,a lack of mountains to climb & wide shoulders to ride on,combined to give me a ride of 83 miles in less than 5 hours. The first 72 miles were spent @ a 19mph average! To say that this was a great day would be an understatement. It was a real treat. This combined with stunning scenery made short day seem even shorter. I could have done an easy extra 30 -40 miles but unfortunately that would have left me in the middle of nowhere for the night. This is now Navajo & Ute Indian reservation land & is kinda rough. I ate @ a McDonald’s tonite in Tuba City . They have a security guard on staff. Reservation life is tough & is home to some less than desirable types. 

Given favorable weather I should make it to Colorado by Sunday night. The upside of this is that now instead of 70 – 100 miles between towns towns in Az,in Colorado towns are more frequent & for the first time in the trip you start heading due east instead of the wandering route ridden this far.

No thought of the day today. Sorry but I was busy today just enjoying the day! Shoutout to the Canton Roadrunners Club, miss the Sat morning breakfast run with ya!