Today was a reletively easy day with the tail winds. We had 3 flats from road debris. We finished our ride before a serious climb, then a 15 mile down hill through Jerome National Park, glad it was not our Team that had to ride that down hill (It is largest elevation change in North America)! There was lots of desert rain squals but we never hit one. At our lunch stop a traveller said they were so heavy all traffic had to pull off the highway. Morning was very cool so had to use cold weather clothes but got into mid teens around noon. Tomorrow's forecast is cold again from here but a hurricane is moving into New Mexico that could be in our path? Last two days are hard with lots of elevation and long legs. We are all feeling the toll of 9 days of continuous hard riding but determined to continue to the end!
