Day 6

Day 6

We made the trip from Palo Verde to Quartzsite today. The temperature is supposed to reach somewhere around 110' so we left the 'brothel' at 6:20 am.

It was a beautiful ride until about 11am. Luckily, we had less than 5 miles left when it got really hot. We got 20 miles done at a pretty good pace and saw a beautiful sunrise at about mile 5. The weather was still cool, and it was flat as a pancake. We chatted a lot more today, and the mood seemed more relaxed now that we were through with "El Diablo". We stopped in Blithe for breakfast #2. Some people at the bar last night recommended this coffee shop to us, so we all stopped there.

I found it sad, ironic? that there was a Starbucks directly across the street competing with the locally run and owned coffee shop. I drank some coffee and ate a sweet roll. I was a little disappointed they didn't have any cinnamon rolls, that's the second time a cafe has had them on the menu and they haven't had any!

We got back on the road, and I was (finally) feeling good. The first 20 miles seem to be rough for me, but I usually feel better after breakfast #2. Soon after the diner, we reached Arizona!

We had a pretty good climb for the next 10 or 15 miles. It's never a good feeling when there is a mountain range in front of you. We were on the interstate again (not my favorite thing), so it had a nice grade of probably 4-6%. We made it to camp at about 11am. They are letting us sleep in the air conditioned (probably about 80', and it feel great!) rec room tonight. We were hoping they had a swimming pool. Turns out they do, and it looks like it was a really nice pool about 20 years ago. Unfortunately, it hasn't been filled for probably 10 or more years, so no swimming today. Now when I step outside again, I feel like my skin is going to melt. Luckily, I remembered I had this cooling thing for my neck that my parents' neighbor gave me just before I left. THANK YOU MRS. UHLIG!