Kirsten Hotchkiss I thought I’d do a separate blog about my fellow riders. There are 13 of us, and I’m the only female. On day one, our ride leader asked me if I could handle all the testosterone. I told him it wouldn’t be the first time and I wasn’t too worried. In fact, they are all … Read more
We arrived in Tucson yesterday afternoon. The last 22 miles was on the Tucson bike path, which was really well maintained and a nice smooth ride into the city. My first order of business was to find a place that would sell me new butt bones!! Man are they sore. There is a bike shop … Read more
Last evening, we pulled into the Space Age hotel. Coincidentally, the x-county group from the Woman’s Tour was also staying there. They had departed San Diego 3 days earlier than we did, but they are averaging shorter days than we are. We had some good chats with them about how their ride was going. It’s … Read more
About 160 miles in the last 2 days — mostly flat. We rolled into Gila Bend about 4 PM — The wecome sign says 1700 nice people and 5 crabs! Stayed at the space age hotel — quite the hot spot! I had this great moment yesterday— we were riding on the interstate (no other … Read more
Another 97 mile day. Wow! It was mostly flat – so one would think it would be easier — but we didn’t county on the bumpy roads. At least 20 miles were on broken roads — both my bike and my body have creaks in new places! At least the bike can be fixed. Arrival … Read more
Day Two was ridiculous! 97 Miles- first 50 uphill; next 25 down hill (half of it on an interstate at 6% downhill grade with truck flying by! – don’t tell my mother) and the last 20 or so flat. We passed the Border wall (pictured above) and the Border Patrol trucks were all around. On … Read more
What a beautiful day for riding! We left the beach and climbed up toward the Sierras. The hills were fine, but the wind was crazy! At one point, the headwinds were more than 25 MPH. Admittedly, I got off and walked a hill to avoid being blown into the road. Last evening we learned about … Read more
T-3We’re in San Diego. We picked up our bikes at the bike shop on Tuesday- Shout out to Roger who owns Bernie’s Bike Shop on Cable Street — a master of his craft. The bikes ride perfectly. Yesterday we took our final training ride – a short 20 miles out and back from the Ocean … Read more
Robin Williams is quoted as saying, “I love to ride my bicycle. For me, it’s mobile meditation.” That’s how I feel — about a quarter of the time. Meditation is about freeing our minds to think about nothing. I use the time to intentionally think about things – planning my day, working out conflicts, thinking … Read more