Kirsten Hotchkiss 
I must admit that, but for this trip, I would never have set foot in Marfa, TX, but it’s quite a cute town. Everything is repurposed. The coffee shop we had breakfast in is a former gas station. There is an art exhibit of beat up trucks and there are colorful murals on many of … Read more
Note – this post should have gone out on Saturday, but internet issues held it up. More to come on Monday. Last night at dinner, our ride leader, Dennis, aka the Bear, announced that we are 1/3 of the way across the country! Wow! We feel our legs getting stronger, and my pace is faster, … Read more
Yesterday would have been an easy 75 mile ride day. It was flat as flat can be, the roads were smooth and traffic was limited. Rob and I got an early jump out of Columbus so that we would stay ahead of the fast riders as long as possible (that lasted until the second water … Read more
We left Benson this morning at about 7:15 in chilly weather. By 10 it had heated up and we all swapped out leggings and armies for shorts and short sleeve shirts. The roads were rolling with some great down hill soars. Tombstone was exactly as expected, a dusty downtown street with saloons on either side, … Read more
We’re into the second week. Packing in the morning is easier, the routine is established, and, after the seat adjustments on Saturday, the riding is way better! I did get a flat tire yesterday, but our wizard bike leader had the tire off and new tube installed in literally 5 minutes. You may recall in … Read more
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
