Day 30 101 miles 2892 feet of climbing 12.5 ave

Monument Valley, UT to Tuba City AZ

We entered the state of Arizona traveling through the lands of the Navajo People. The scenery is still beautiful but after Monument Valley it seems to be missing something.

The threat of rain is now a thing of the past. Arizona has little rainfall this time of year. Even though we had a headwind it was only a 10 to 15 mph breeze most of the time and not a problem. Temperatures were in the 80’s and the sun was bright.

The sun has fried our bodies from the weeks on the road. The worst is our lips. They are burnt chapped and split. Anything other than ice cream hurts to eat.

Other exposed body parts are peeling badly. Our tans would not make a good Coppertone commercial. The raccoon eyes from sun glasses the pure white feet from the sock line down. And our legs… bike shorts are long. Our tan line stops just above the knee. Put on a regular pair of shorts and flip flops and we are a site to see. White eyes, tan face… white thigh tan knees to the ankle white feet. Tan arms white hands from gloves.

The first couple we met from France has been on our website blog. So cool! We wish them the best of luck in the USA. It is much easier for us to cross the country by bike than it is for them. We know the store chains and motels etc they do not. Even though they have a good grasp on the English language it still can be hard to communicate.

We need to send out a couple of special thank you’s today. Kelley shipped our bicycle boxes out to the west coast today. We are getting close to the finish line. Also Kelley is the person that keeps our blog in order. Special Thanks go out to Al for keeping our yards under control. And again thanks to Rick Kushman for setting up the entire blog and web thing. It has worked out well!