Today we rode across some of the worst roads in America. The first was the center of the world road, and the second one I can’t remember the name of the second one. By then I was too tired. We also rode on a stretch of I-8 that gave new meaning to bumpy roads. To add insult to injury, we had a NNW wind coming into to town that kept blowing sand in our faces.
We did see a few tourist attractions along the way, including Imperial Sand Dunes, the Center of the World, and the Yuma Territorial State Prison.
We didn’t see a sign welcoming us to Arizona as we walked across a one lane bridge. We also changed to Mountain Standard Time and I am running out of time to post today as lights out is in 15 minutes. We did have an park interpreter give us an interesting history of Yuma tonight.
Stats from the day:
Start city: Calexico, CA
End city: Yuma, AZ
Miles: 65.0
Total miles to date: 197.2
Pedaling time: 4 hours, 57 minutes
Avg. speed: 13.1
Feet climbed: 1,030
Fatigue factor: 8 out of 10 (10 is the worst)
Wind: start: W 4 mph; end NNW 9 mph (it was stronger in between)
Road condition: 2 out of 5 (1 is the worst) and part of the ride was “0” or less
Temperature extremes: 54 at ride start, 79 at ride finish
Center of the World Road
Imperial Sand Dunes
The Center of the World is supposed to be inside this pyramid.
Ocean to Ocean Bridge. We left California and entered Arizona once we crossed this bridge.
