Thursday, July 30th
Today's plan takes us from Tuba City, past the Grand Canyon, to Seligman, Arizona.
The ride from Tuba City to the Grand Canyon went just as planned. Much of the roads approaching the park and inside the park were paved with no dirt options but we did include the few dirt roads that the park had to offer.
What can I say about the Grand Canyon: Everyone knows it's spectacular.
We even got a glimpse of the Karate Kid
It was a bit hazy today, so the photos don't show the detail as well, but in person, it was as awesome as ever!
I think we've been on the road too long because the crowds at the Canyon were starting to bother us and we got anxious to leave, so we hopped on another of the dirt roads inside the park and headed south. Eventually, we were riding through wide open prairie land and making good time (no more pesky people!).
But sometimes, these remote roads we ride on don't go through as planned: We were on a great pace with only 30 miles to Seligman and we were confident we would arrive around 3:30 pm. First we came up to one of our roads that was completely grown over with waist high sticker bushes. We've pushed our way through some roads like this but this was completely taken back by nature and we could only discern the very start of the road, then it completely disappeared. We could see other roads in the area to route around on so we started down another trail. However, we eventually hit a very well secured gate and couldn't get through. This continued for hours. At one point we tried to just head off cross-country to see if we could meet up with a road 3 miles away but we were thwarted about 2 miles in by more fences.
When we finally gave up and routed around the extra long way, our last 30 miles turned into 120 miles and we rolled into Seligman around 8 pm. The good news is that our new route took us through 20 miles of Route-66 as we approached Seligman.
Route-66 is packed with these old businesses. Some of them are closed but many are still open, giving a very fun, nostalgic feel.
Tomorrow, our target is Wikieup, Arizona. It is really starting to feel like we are on our home turf and we are only one day away from the California border!
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