1984 Bike Tour: Day 57 – Camping on the edge at the Grand Canyon
Although I had visited the Grand Canyon a couple of times before, I never really appreciated in a personal way how it was formed until I rode there on my bicycle. All the books (well, the scientific...
View ArticleDay 58 – On wheel and foot in the Grand Canyon to Dripping Springs
It's nearly two months into our cross-country bicycle tour, and I finally get off the bicycle for a hike. There's just no way to get into the Grand Canyon on a bike. Before dawn Bruce and I broke camp...
View ArticleBike Tour 1984: Day 59 – Through hail and back to Flagstaff
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. - We rode through hail and back to get to Flagstaff today. Why we left the Grand Canyon, I have no idea. I guess we're just too accustomed to hitting the road everyday. We awoke at...
View Article1984 Bike Tour: Day 60 — Marking time in Flagstaff
FLAGSTAFF -- We stayed here in Flagstaff another day to parcel out our time. We want to meet up with our friends from the UK in a couple of days further down the road. It's hard to do nothing. We...
View ArticleBike Tour 1984: Day 61 – We find a leech after crossing Verde River
Cottonwood, Ariz. -- We've liked everyone who has crossed our path as we cycle cross-country. Today is the exception. The scenery here has been beautiful, though, and the terrain has been in our favor....
View Article1984 Bike Tour: Day 62 – Ghostly visions pedaling uphill
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- We spent much of today in the small gears, the stump-pullers, the grannies. We started our climb almost immediately after leaving Dead Horse campground. Jim had already left -- we...
View Article1984 Bike Tour: Day 63 – The toad in the desert puddle in Aguila
AGUILA, ARIZONA -- We're camping at the City Park here tonight. We've left all the cool, shady mountains behind us, and we're out where it's dry, sunny and hot. The park doesn't have much; just a...
View Article1984 Bike Tour: Day 64 – I can feel the heat on my eyelids
Looks like most of the residents of Hope, Arizona, have given up all hope... I awoke about sunup this morning and ... no Bruce. It had been so hot and dry, we didn't see the need to pitch the tent last...
View Article1984 Bicycle Tour: Day 65 – We find an oasis in the desert
YUMA, ARIZONA -- There are days on this cross-country trip that I anticipated from the first time I spread out the maps on the table in my apartment in Annapolis.One was the climb up to the Blue Ridge...
View Article1984 Bike Tour Day 56 – Ritual and conflict in Hopi and Navajo lands
TUBA CITY, ARIZ. - We passed through the Hopi Reservation today, in an area where age-old conflicts and rituals still exist. The Hopi generally live in settlements on three mesas, that look like three...
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