Our stay in the B&B was fun. The old schoolhouse was an interesting building, but the high ceilings and with not much around to dampen the noise made it really loud. The many people in one room thing for sleeping “indoor camping” as they called it, is potentially a bad thing, but this one worked out – no noisy people in my room. Breakfast was superb – strawberries, yogurt, egg burritos, muffins and we were off for the day. Made up for the horrible overcooked dinner the night before at Jerry's Cafe.
The weather was beautiful, the terrain a bit rolling, with a tailwind. I lead out Keri until we got to checkpoint, a gas station/food mart type of place. I sat around for about 40 minutes having a snack and then rode with Bob the second part of the day.
Not much to do in Safford, especially when you get in at noon. Started some laundry, got some nachos with Bob and then off to the grocery store with Keri. Afterward I sat around outside the motel with Bob and George having a beer, talking slow about absolutely nothing and watching the ice melt in George’s knee bag. At 5:00 p.m. we went over to the bar where we were going to have dinner for cheap margaritas and the prelude to tonight’s entertainment. “Tall, Dark and Country” would be preforming at our dinning establishment that night. All the gals from miles around were arriving for the show; dressed in their finest, makeup and hair done to perfection. Leaving after dinner and threading our way through the painted crowd back to our motel was very enlightening.
79.5 miles - 2,180 feet of climbing