The Eighth Wonder of the World!
Today we commenced our ride from Kayenta, AZ (22 miles south of Monument Valley) to Durango, CO (180 miles) by biking through Monument Valley, the Eighth Wonder of the World! What a day! No one on the Bucknell team had visited Monument Valley before today. For anyone who has not seen it, I suggest you put this location on the “must see” list.
We covered 8,680 of climbing feet today. We have now covered 844 miles, or 28% of our mileage. We also have now completed 26% of our riding days (5 of 19), and over 29% of our climbing elevation (29,430 climbing feet of the 103,000 we will ride).
The entire ride had spectacular views! This also is the first time any of the Bucknell riders have visited Durango. Fall is certainly in the air (going into the 40’s tonight), with a high of 78 degrees tomorrow.
Sara (my wife) and Deb (Mike’s wife) followed us for most of the day in a rental car. They will do the same thing tomorrow, then drive to Albuquerque on Saturday for their return to Los Angeles.
Today we traveled to three states: 1) Arizona, 2) Utah and 3) Colorado. We will only do this a second time of the last day of the trip (Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey).
We had all five Bucknell alumni members riding today. Jay Kosa, biked for the second day in a row today. He is our newest riding member!
