Alec likes Fig Newtons !!!

Today we had a late start as we were not to leave the hotel until 9:15. For those of you who know my sleeping habits that meant I was up by 4:30. I went to the hotel and read some of the other persons on the trips blogs. Willie has a blog that Yuko enjoys reading. Yuko even posted a comment on his blog. She did not even do that for me. In honor of that, I offer a picture of Willie and I after we completed the 7023 ascent to Mingus

Now to the beginning of the trip. We left the hotel and after about 6 miles we reached another false flat. It was about 7.3 miles. We stopped a little before completing the flats and started eating our SAG snacks. I offered Alec one of my fig newtons and he accepted(much to my chagrin as I wanted to eat both). A breakthrough as Alec usually does not eat much at the SAG. After that he raced up the hill. To give you an idea of the hill we climbed, below are Harry and Karen climbing that hill that I took at around 6,600 feet.

We then continued to the top which was at the 25 mile point of our ride (same place as picture of Willie and I above).

After that it was mostly downhill and bumpy. As I do not like going fast on downhills I went around 20MPH. Jack R must have passed me going at least 30 MPH. We all continued to the cit of Jerome which was at the 34mile mark. Another bicyclist from Florida named Nancy joined us for lunch. See if you can guess what I ate:

After lunch we bicycled another 5 miles downhill and then continued into the hotel.

Prescott, AZ - Cottonwood, AZ
Total miles 43.929

Ave. MPH 12.9

Actual bike time 3:22:22

Left hotel: 9:15

Arrive hotel: 3:40

Tomorrow is supposed to be a long uphill ride.