{"id":652,"date":"2017-05-17T23:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/?p=652"},"modified":"2018-04-15T21:10:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T04:10:18","slug":"phoenix-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/phoenix-az\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix, AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"full
Best Western served a full breakfast, not just the regular continental. I had fruit, OJ, coffee, biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs, and a pastry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Knowing that the hostel didn’t open for registration until 5 pm, I had a full breakfast, and took off at 8:41.<\/p>\n

\"phoenix
Forecast for today, high of 82, much cooler than normal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"desert
View from a bridge near Morristown. Until the city, this was pretty much the consistent view on both sides.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was a slight downward trend to the route, but a crosswind or headwind.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Looking down a cross street to my right, the flag indicates the wind blowing left to right. I’m riding right to left. At least it kept me cool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"trash
Arizona trash cans were huge. Even the single houses had this size. Maybe in a hot, dry climate, they can afford to pick up just once a month. The opposite of Hawaii, where we had pickups twice a week when I grew up there. My bike actually fell over after this picture was taken, resetting the cyclometer. But I remembered that the mileage was 18.8 at the time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"popsicle\"
The store in Wittmann had a coco paleta for 99 cents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 11:49 am, I saw 7 fire vehicles racing on call in the other direction on the highway.<\/p>\n

I stopped at Golden Corral for lunch in Surprise. The cashier charged me $8.99 for the senior buffet, and didn’t even card me. I’m actually not technically a senior by their definition, which is 60. One of the patrons there told me that there was a brush fire near Woodman, not near homes, though. Hope they got it.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Today, I saw an actual horned lizard, but it scampered away too fast to take a picture. The image that comes to mind is sand crab on the beach. I also saw an actual kangaroo rat, but it jumped into the brush quickly, too. This is the only thing I could get a picture of.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Phoenix
Just wanted to show you what the landscaping looks like in the Phoenix suburbs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"manure\"
The bike path is actually a trail shared by pedestrians, cyclists, and equestrians.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My Android phone was still predicting arrival at the hostel at 4:11 pm. I turned off the Arizona River Trail and stopped at a Jack’s to get a cool drink, refill my water bottle, and use the bathroom.<\/p>\n

\"freeway
Yes, I’m in Phoenix. The cars in the two middle lanes were at virtual standstill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Got to the Phoenix Hostel just a few minutes after 5. I wasn’t really sweating, because there was a dry breeze blowing, and it wasn’t terribly hot. Keith checked me in. $24 for HI members, $27 non-members.<\/p>\n

\"Elaine\"
I checked in at the hostel and met Elaine (Eliane) from northern B.C., Canada. She was here to help her daughter in law with a baby soon to be born. Elaine had ridden all the major trains in the world, and visited all 50 US States.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
When I got back from dinner, many of the younger people were participating in a hot dog roast. Keith the host on the left, Emma (staff), and Arnaud (Arnot? Arnold?) from Belgium, trying a cheap American beer. It was his last night before going home, after many weeks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Keith
After I checked in, Keith had a lot of useful advice on which roads to take. Emma is from New Zealand, and manages the computers and social media for the hostel. Their page is here <\/a>. She also does graphic arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Veronica,
(L-R) Elaine, Veronica from Colorado, originally Toronto, who had just walked in moments before. She will be doing an internship with Forest and Game Service. Lucky! Ryan in the middle, and Yee-Kahn (I’m spelling phonetically, it sounds like Econ) is visiting from China. \u00a0Robin on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miles: 18.8 + 45.6 = 64.4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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