Well the last two days have been filled with more adventure.
Yesterday we attempted to ride the infamous "Shoot Out". We headed south into a blasting head wind sure that we had our directions correct. After two hours of riding and no cross road in sight we opted to turn around and retrace our steps. It turns out that we were only 2 miles away from the turn off, doh! However, just so that we don't forget yesterday both Dave and I are sporting quite the farmer tans. All I can say is that I am going to look dang funny when I get back home and head to swim club!
Today saw us head out with the intention of riding part of the El Tour de Tucson loop. Not wanting to do the full 104 miles we pieced together an abbreviated version. Well we did make a wrong turn today which put us onto hiway I-19 which is the hiway to Mexico! With about 10 boarder patrol vehicles in about 10 miles, after we couldn't find the cross road we needed we opted to retrace our steps. It turns out that we turned south too soon and completely missed the Nigales Hiway. To get back to the car we needed to head straight through Tucson. That was an adventure. First we saw fighter jets, found ourselves in the ghetto and saw the Campus which is beautiful. 4 hours later we were back at the car ready for some down time!
The Tour of California is on at the moment and the American OLN, VS has decent coverage. Needless to say not only are our days filled with cycling but so are our evenings! GREAT!
Tomorrow we are heading to Kitt Peak, Phoenix for shopping on Thursday and Mt. Lemmon on Firday. Let the climbing begin!
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