Yuma, Arizona!
30 Mar ’06
Five days out of San Diego found us rolling across the Colorado and into Arizona.
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California
The Imperial Valley
29 Mar ’06
Chances are if you are eating lettuce in January, it comes for the pesticide-laden land of the Imperial Valley. A hotbed of immigration trouble, poverty-ridden, and with one of the highest rates of endangered and threatened-species in the country, it’s not a place that ranks high on a tourist’s must-see list of America.
Agua Caliente and the Anza-Borrego
29 Mar ’06
State Road 2 runs north-south for 52 miles following an old stage route. It’s marked as the Southern Emigrant Trail of 1849 which was a clever marketing scheme of some of the local Chamber of Commerce men.
At exactly half-way, the geothermal springs of Agua Caliente lie in a fissure along the edge of the mountains beckoning to the weary cyclist to stop for a soak.
Desert Oracles and Road Signs
29 Mar ’06
With nearly nothing but extreme heat and cold to occupy their time, a few of the locals have an abundance of humor.
Ah, Sunny So-Cal!
28 Mar ’06
According to the volunteer rangers that took pity on us and rented us a cabin with firewood at Paso Picacho, Vic and I managed to bike into the worst snow storm since 1991.
Poolside in San Diego
19 Mar ’06
We’re off to see the desert on our bikes, but have been enjoying some very California time.
Mojave by Bike?
16 Mar ’06
With my new olive-based shaving cream, milky face cleanser and some a shampoo that came with a shower cap which reads “Vixen Hot Mama Bella Donna Goddess Botticelli Muse” and would make an excellent saddle cover, I am off for a seven day ride and nearly two week trip across the blasted deserts of Southern California.