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Statistics (Totals/Locations)
Miles: 903 miles
Days: 8 days
States: New Mexico, Arizona and California
Recorded Expenses: $119.56 - mostly not recorded
Day 1, Saturday August 8, 1987
Daily Miles: 141.7 miles
Location: Albuquerque, NM to Gallup, NM
Points of interest:
1. Helped hot lady fix her truck
2.
Crossed the Continental divide
Expresses: $12.95 for motel - only item recorded
Accommodations: Motel in Gallup, New Mexico
Altitude profile: some uphill, but the grade was slight and it felt mostly flat.
Day 2, Sunday, August 9, 1987
Daily Miles: 126.9 miles
Location: Gallup, New Mexico to Keams Canyon, Arizona
Points of interest:
1. Blow out and broken headlight
2.
Hubbell Trading post
3. Church in Keams Canyon
Expresses: Unknown
Accommodations: Community Baptist Church in Keams Canyon
Altitude profile: Some small hills and one big 8-mile uphill.
Day 3, Monday, August 10, 1987
Daily Miles: 129.6 miles
Location: Keams Canyon, Arizona to Flagstaff, Arizona
Points of interest:
1. Indian Police took my photo with village in background
2. Nice wide roads without a lot of traffic on Indian reservation
Expresses:
Accommodations: $10.10
($1.10 piece of Cake in Keams Canyon/ $9.00 De Beau Inn hostel
in Flagstaff) Rest unknown
Altitude profile: Some hills, some flat, gradual uphill to Flagstaff
Day 4, Tuesday, August 11, 1987
Daily Miles: 70.5 miles
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona to Potato Patch campground, Arizona
Points of interest:
1. Oak Creek Canyon viewpoint
2. Slide rock- algae slide
3. Jerome on Mingus Mountain
4. Campers at Potato Patch campground
Expresses: Unknown
Accommodations: Camped at Potato Patch campground
Altitude profile: Big Downhill followed by big uphill.
Day 5, Wednesday, August 12, 1987
Daily Miles: 120.0 miles
Location: Potato Patch campground, Arizona to Wenden, Arizona
Points of interest:
1. Town of Prescott
2. Saguaro Cactus
3. Black Widow spider on table I was sleeping under
4. Coyotes howling in the moonlight
Expresses: Unknown
Accommodations: Slept under table 4 miles before Wenden, Arizona
Altitude profile: Mostly Downhill
Day 6, Thursday, August 13, 1987
Daily Miles: 126.7 miles
Location: Wenden, Arizona to Desert near Gold mine in California
Points of interest:
1. bats swarming around the streetlights in Wenden
2. Deserted ghost towns and Saguaro cactus in the moonlight
3. Police officer pulled me over at 1:30 AM.
4. Rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike.
5. California Border - what a mark!
Expresses: Unknown
Accommodations: Sleeping on desert floor - cold no sleeping bag
Altitude profile: Hilly and some flat
Day 7, Friday, August 14, 1987
Daily Miles: 47.7 miles
Location: Desert near Gold mine in California to El Centro, California
Points of interest:
1. Getting water from the town of Glamis
2. Sand dunes of the Mojave desert
Expresses: $19.39 for motel - only item recorded
Accommodations: Motel 6 in El Centro, California
Altitude profile: mostly flat
Day 8, Saturday, August 15, 1987
Daily Miles: 139.0 miles
Location: El Centro, California to San Diego, California
Points of interest:
1. Sign near Ocotillo stating "High winds possible next 63 miles".
2. Climb to Laguna Pass with 55-gallon drums of water every 2/10th of a mile
Expresses: $19.12 for YMCA bunk - only item recorded
Accommodations: YMCA bunk in San Diego, California
Altitude profile: Big uphill with headwinds followed by big downhill to San Diego, California
Day 9, Sunday, August 16, 1987
Miles: Not recorded
Location: San Diego, California
Points of interest:
1. Point Loma View Point
Expresses: $12.00 Point Loma Hostel - only item recorded
Accommodations: Point Loma Hostel in San Diego, California
Altitude profile: Flat
Day 10, Monday, August 17, 1987
Miles: Not recorded
Location: San Diego, California and Tijuana , Mexico
Points of interest:
1.
Tijuana , Mexico
2. Fireworks at Mission Bay
Expresses: $12.00 Point Loma Hostel - only item recorded
Accommodations: Point Loma Hostel in San Diego, California
Altitude profile: Flat
Day 11, Tuesday, August 18, 1987
Miles: Not recorded
Location: San Diego, California
Points of interest:
1. Oceanside beach
2. Blacks Beach
3. Women in bikinis at Pacific Beach
4. Bike odometer read 1000 miles since I left my home in New Mexico
Expresses: $12.00 Point Loma Hostel - only item recorded
Accommodations: Point Loma Hostel in San Diego, California
Altitude profile: Flat
Day 12, August 19, 1987
Miles: Not recorded
Location: San Diego, California
Points of interest:
1. Snorkeling at La Jolla cove
Expresses: $12.00 Point Loma Hostel - only item recorded
Accommodations: Point Loma Hostel in San Diego, California
Altitude profile: Flat
Day 13, August 20, 1987
Miles: Not recorded
Location: San Diego, California to Albuquerque, NM
Points of interest:
1. None
Expresses: $10.00 Bike on plane- only item recorded
Accommodations: Home
Altitude profile: Flat