Yay for libraries!
By admin | April 1, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Salome to Aguila, AZ
28 miles
Dan from Alaska, Coach, and I
I said goodbye to the Wandering Wheels this morning after breakfast. They’ll be riding about twice as far and, of course, twice as fast, as me from here on out. They are a religious-inspired group, and at their breakfast meeting they discussed their responsibility to take care of the sojourner. I felt very lucky to receive their generosity and their friendship. They also kind of reminded me of The Circus Kingdom, the circus group I traveled with in college that was headed by a Methodist minister.
After being so burned out yesterday, I was looking forward to a short 30 mile day. All the locals had said it was going to get up to 98 degrees as well, so I wanted to get off the road as soon as possible. My first five miles, to the town of Wenden, went super fast, at 13mph! I stopped for water at the only thing that appeared open.
I guess there’s a lake around here somewhere!
I slowed down from there, encountering a small headwind on and off. I stopped often in patches of shade.
There weren’t that many patches of shade, so I tried to stop when I found them.
I pulled in to Aguila about 10:30. I mailed home one pound six ounces of stuff I don’t need. It might not seem like much, but it’s worth it to get rid of it when I have to carry it all.
I’m currently spending the afternoon in the bustling Aguila, pop. 600, library. There’s a lot of hubbub surrounding a girl, maybe 10 years old, who’s on crutches because she jumped off her roof. Everyone knows everyone here.
I feel surprisingly strong, so I’m considering going another 24 miles after it starts cooling down again.
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