19,741 feet climbed.
A great book saves its best chapter for last. Today was like a great book. Or to use another metaphor, we took the stairs up and the elevator down. We had 3 climbs, each climbing progressively higher with the final one topping out above 7,000 feet. And then the floor dropped out from under us. The plunge down into Cottonwood was a pure white knuckler, an e-ticket all the way, making any Six Flags ride proud.
Prescott, AZ folks take their cowboy image seriously. Or maybe just their visitors do. At any rate, as we ate lunch in the town square, and a rather ginormous square it was, I believe we observed the largest concentration of cowboy boot wearing tweener girls ambling around since, well, probably yesterday.
We satisfied my pizza hankering at the Pizzeria Bocce in Old Town Cottonwood. Definitely a 2 thumbs up. After we had downed 2 medium pizzas, the waitress asked us if we liked the pizza. I replied, "What pizza, there's no evidence of any pizza here." She gave a wry smile, took away our plates, and returned with a parting gift. "I boxed your leftovers...just as evidence." Well played, Miss Waitress, well played indeed.
We still have not seen a single cloud since we rolled to from Newport Beach. Let's see how far east we get before one shows it face, or maybe hand, or giraffe, or what ever we want it to be.
Thanks for comments. Your support helps us keep the pedals spinning.
0 of Kathy's cookies left.
1 trip to Walmart.
43 of the largest grasshoppers I've ever seen.
7,023 feet, the highest point of today's ride.
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Hotel: Super 8, 3 of 5 stars (this chain has really improved)
Restaurant: Pizzeria Bocce, 5 of 5 stars (incredible pizza and clever waitress).
The only remaining pizza crust as evidence.
The last of Kathy's cookies. Thanks, Babe, can you FedEx some to Winslow?
I can probably get some to Albuquerque, but it'll cost ya! 😉
ReplyDeleteOnly one Walmart stop? Incredible planning then.
ReplyDeleteMy wife is concerned you're getting adequate rest?
ReplyDeleteOf course not, that would make it too easy.
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