….YET!! We decided to
take another rest day at our RV and regroup.
We did some serious paring down of what we’re carrying and were able to
eliminate 30 POUNDS!!!! After
re-weighing Bongo and contents, we’re down to 97 pounds on the trailer (that
includes Bongo’s own weight) and 17
pounds actually on the bike (not including water which can weigh up to 12
pounds). Our panniers and rack were
eliminated, as well as about 6 inches of trailer platform. No wonder we were beat!! We were carrying a 144 pound non-pedaling
passenger, not the 100 pound one we thought.
We plan to head out to Wickenburg very early Saturday
morning (3 am?) to try to beat some heat.
It was supposed to cool down this weekend in the Phoenix area, but
instead it’s decided to stay up to 106-107 degrees (almost record-breaking
temperatures) so traveling early is very important. Also, camping is out of the question until
the temps cool down so it’s a motel in Wickenburg, and thankfully, Warmshowers
hosts in Scottsdale/Tempe area. For
those of you not familiar with the Warmshowers organization, it is a network of
cyclists who offer hospitality to other traveling cyclists. Their website is :
With all this heat we’ve been facing, I realize more than ever
how IMPORTANT water is!!! We need to
take in almost a liter an hour to keep adequately hydrated during this heat. It was pretty funny, though - the other day when we stopped for lunch in
Jacumba, the café’ owner (a middle
eastern man) poo-poo’ed people who drink a lot of water or sports drinks. He told us, “Just drink hot tea, it’s better
for you and will actually cool you down” (!!).
He also told us “Just suck on a small rock to keep your mouth wet and
salivating”. I don’t know about THAT –
I think I’ll stick to sucking water from my trusty Camelbak hydration pack!!
Oh, and about posting comments to our blog: we found out tonight that in order to post a
comment, you must have an account in either Google, LiveJournal, WordPress,
TypePad, AIM, or an OpenID URL. If you
don’t have any of those, I guess you just have to email us. Google is very easy to start an account with,
though; we highly recommend it.
So the adventure continues tomorrow….stay tuned!
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