Day 10

Day 10

Our route today was from Payson to Fountain Hills (where we met up with my uncle Allyn who brought us into Tempe/Phoenix) AZ and included a lot of beautiful AZ mountains and desert countryside including the saguaro cactus.  62 miles, 3,300 ft of climbing with 6,700 ft of descent into the Phoenix area. The average temperature for the ride was 102F with a max of 113F!   Hot.

Enjoy the pictures and video!  

Ride totals – we made it!!:

Total miles: 548 miles

Total climbing: 32,284 ft

Rattlesnakes (dead or alive): 0

Skunks (dead or alive): 4 (actually all dead…)

Flat tire competition:

1.    Winner: Darryll (3)

2.    Tied for Second: Jeff and Ryan (2 each)