Day... what day is this?

Today we left California and headed up hill from the Colorado River into Arizona.

Kind of an odd day, but truly an example of all's well that ends well.

Almost immediately our route put us on Interstate 10. I have to say, having 8 - 10 feet of shoulder with people whizzing by at 85 MPH is less dicey than no shoulder on curves with campers going 60. Nonetheless we are being very safe - not even cheating off the tractor trailer drafts.

Left I-10 for a bit and ran parallel to it. There we saw some awesome scenery and actual GOLD miners. Wayne is in today's pictures as is the gold that he THOUGHT was his. Marty clubbed him with a mini pump and we are now in Aruba.

Then Quartzite - a town built around an RV park built around a swap meet built around gem stores. There we met the Venus guys.

These three young guys from LA left everything (which upon further review wasn't a ton anyway) and are biking to Venus Highlands Florida to join... you guessed it, The Venus Project. Caitlin, please feel free to check it out, but stay off your bike. Nice guys, but a maybe a bit over the top in their pursuit of economic utopia... but maybe not. Who knows what can happen when young people make choices.

Perhaps a choice here and a choice there and there is no open bar stool at McNasty's in Columbus, Ohio and maybe no hanging out at the pool at Villa Valdos in Vadosta, GA.

All's well that ends well, right?

Ended the day at Hope Arizona - fitting, but only about 51 miles. Nursing our legs a bit- y'all understand.

Jake