Somehow or another, the sky in Arizona is bigger and more beautiful than anywhere else I've seen. The clouds, colors, and shape of the horizon change all the time, and it's especially obvious when we're riding in the desert and the sky is sitting on us like a huge dome. Last night in Wenden a thunderstorm blew up right around sunset and the sky was pink and grey with flashes of lightning in it...a bunch of us sat outside our host church just to watch the show. The ride into town was pretty short and fast, so we all meet up at a local diner for our third breakfast of the day (or milkshakes, as the mood struck us). Wenden is a tiny community of a few hundred people, mostly in trailers, but our host--Wenden Bible Church--is cool, carpeted, and has a nice shower on site. Good news since it was 103 degrees when we arrived! We spent the afternoon doing chores or watching movies, and went to bed early for an early start on Tuesday.
Bike odometer: 3168 miles
Zach, who is the heaviest sleeper I have ever met, and the inflatable moose we found at Mt. Hope Assembly of God in Wickenburg
View from the front of Mt. Hope
Arizona sky (Wickenburg, 7am)
Most of today's ride looked like this
Snapshot taken over my shoulder
Chris C and Jochem hitching a ride on Liz
Me again
Breakfast #3 of the day (milkshakes and ice cream sundaes) at Crystal's Cafe in Wenden ("where friends meet and eat")
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