Day 5: Ride to the Donkeys...

The sunrise this morning at Dome Rock was beautiful.  After a breakfast of a muffin, banana, and eggs I was off to Aguila, AZ.  

Day 5 start...

Sunrise at Dome Rock

The ride started with a few miles through Quartsite AZ, the ACA map put me on I-10 for 10 miles to Route 60.  Nothing much can be said for this part of the ride, it all can not be spectacular.  Once off I-10 it was 50 miles into the wind to reach my destination.  The best part of the ride was Sandy bringing me lunch and refreshing my mind.  Route 60 will take it out of you.  Driving ahead, Sandy went into Aguila to find a town totally shutdown, no camping, no restaurants, nothing…   She back tracked a few miles to give me the news.  Not really having a plan we drove the Aguila RV park that was close hoping to find someone, nothing not a sole in site.  In typical Sandy fashion, she told me to take a rest and she would figure it out.   Fifteen minutes later, I get a phone call.  We have a place to camp, a Donkey farm.  The place is the best, a working farm with plenty of friendly dogs and good internet.  Frankly, this is why people ride across America to experience this. 

I already was in the saddle, no more for me

What a great end to the day...

Working farm...

This dog wanted to get on
Sandy's lap


Courtney... this is a Donkey

Clare joined us for dinner

As I mentioned, the weather today was cool with high around 60F and plenty of wind out of the North.  Most of the way it was a cross, head wind which made peddling tough.  I was looking forward to road turning east to get the wind behind me which never happened. 

Start Time:  8:51 AM Mountain Time      Finish Time:   2:50 PM Mountain Time    

Elapse Time:   5 Hr.  59 Min                       Ride Time:   4 Hr. 51 Min

Distance:   71.8 Miles                                 Average Speed:   14.8 mph

Climbing/Descent:  2319/1194 Ft.            TSS: 158

Average Power:    167 Watts                     Normalized Power: 180 Watts

Calories:  2925                                             Ave/Max HR:  120/144bpm

 



During the ride, I ate one cliff bar, a few blocks, and a wonderful French Dip sandwich.  No problem eating today.  Drink wise I finished about 1.5 bottles, but Sandy pushed a few drinks into me when we met up. 

SAG stop for a sandwich
Thanks Sandy

Tomorrows ride will get us close to Phoenix, on the north side.  The plan from yesterday was to get a hotel room.  The Donkey farm had a great, warm shower so if we find a camp site, we will camp one more night.  The plan for the next day will be to get to the other side Phoenix for a hotel stay followed by a rest day.   Looking at the map the other side of town has 16K Ft of climbing over 170 miles.  Rest will be needed before we take on this effort.

Comments

  1. DaveNCathiFebruary 21, 2021 at 7:30 PM

    A donkey farm! What fun!

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  2. FishwifeFebruary 22, 2021 at 5:04 AM

    I was looking forward to your next blog entry, and you did not disappoint! Who would have guessed you’d find a donkey farm?? 🤣 Love it!

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  3. Ertle the Sr TurtleFebruary 22, 2021 at 5:11 AM

    That sounds pretty cool. I'm happy to see that you are wearing the appropriate safety gear!!!, I wonder what the donkeys think!

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  4. Ertle the Sr TurtleFebruary 22, 2021 at 6:01 AM

    according to my calculations, your trip average is 66.18 miles per day which is ahead of your planned 55 miles per day average.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 22, 2021 at 8:35 AM

    Are you really allowed to ride a bike on any interstate? Hmmm!

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  6. Annie ErtleFebruary 23, 2021 at 4:21 AM

    Was it a donkey or was it mule !????? Either way, you should totally kidnap one and bring it to Florida for me !
    P.S. DRINK MORE WATER !

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