Thursday, August 1, 2013

As expected, Karl and Zach crossed into Arizona today when they rode from Lordsburg, New Mexico to Safford (Arizona). They are now 3 hours ahead of us because Arizona doesn't use daylight savings time. They rode 78 miles getting into Safford at 2:15 Arizona time, bringing their total miles up to 2819.

Karl told me they had a tailwind today so riding was good and they could have ridden further if they weren't concerned that they might not find lodging for the night if they did. He said about the first 15 miles after they rode into Arizona were rolling hills before it flattened out. Just as they arrived across the street from their hotel, Zach's tire went flat. They walked the bikes across the street and planned it fix it later this evening.