This was the ultimate day of biking - cool temperatures, calm, and breathtaking scenery. It was one of our shorter days, although a huge climb day of about 7000'.
We rode from Cottonwood up a steady climb through high desert with bright red rocks in the background to Sedona, where we stopped at a bakery and had a coffee. It was a great break just taking in the sights of downtown Sedona. Then we started the ride and climb out through Oak Creek Canyon. It was a magnificent ride along the creek and down in the bottom of a thousand foot deep canyon. There was lots of weekend traffic and the road was somewhat narrow, but all the cars drove slow and gave the bikers plenty of room. At the end of the canyon we did the thousand foot climb with lots of switchbacks out to the top of the canyon, and it was exhilarating. At the top we were met by our SAG and a large Indian market underway. All of us were quite the curiosity of the tourists, who can't believe we would be biking coast-to-coast.
Flagstaff was an easy cruise, where it is 7000' high and cool temps. Now it is time to get out the jackets and warm cloths.
Sunday is a rest day and an opportunity to clean the bike and do wash, before we start spinning out the big distances over Route 66.
Stats: 47 miles, 11.5 mph avg, 7000' climbing, temps 60 - 70 deg, winds calm.
We rode from Cottonwood up a steady climb through high desert with bright red rocks in the background to Sedona, where we stopped at a bakery and had a coffee. It was a great break just taking in the sights of downtown Sedona. Then we started the ride and climb out through Oak Creek Canyon. It was a magnificent ride along the creek and down in the bottom of a thousand foot deep canyon. There was lots of weekend traffic and the road was somewhat narrow, but all the cars drove slow and gave the bikers plenty of room. At the end of the canyon we did the thousand foot climb with lots of switchbacks out to the top of the canyon, and it was exhilarating. At the top we were met by our SAG and a large Indian market underway. All of us were quite the curiosity of the tourists, who can't believe we would be biking coast-to-coast.
Flagstaff was an easy cruise, where it is 7000' high and cool temps. Now it is time to get out the jackets and warm cloths.
Sunday is a rest day and an opportunity to clean the bike and do wash, before we start spinning out the big distances over Route 66.
Stats: 47 miles, 11.5 mph avg, 7000' climbing, temps 60 - 70 deg, winds calm.
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