Danny’s Ride

Day Statistics:
Bike Time: 4 Hours, 43 Minutes, 08 Seconds
Miles: 69.22 Total
Average Speed: 14.67 mph
Max Speed: 41.2

Total Miles to Date: 580.694

Eddie Cotton from Dish Network – please send us an email.  We want to thank you again but lost your contact information.  Thanks!

Pearl and Charles,

I want to thank you for calling us and letting me know that I left my phone at Express Stop.  Very few people would  go to the trouble to contact us.    This world into ME, ME, ME and not in helping others.  This really restores my confidence in the younger generation.  Again, I can’t think you enough and I wish I personally could thank you both—but someday we will meet in the highes sky (Heaven).

May God b;ess you both always,

Danny (Danny’s Ride)
We got up around 6:30, showered and left the hotel by 7:45.  Ken drove us to yesterday’s stopping place and by 8:30 we were on the road.  The early start allowed us to take our time and enjoy the beautiful sites and sounds of Arizona for the last time.

We stopped just short ten miles of the border to grab a quick sandwich in the motor home.  While we were relaxing, Ken pointed out our first roadrunner of the trip.  He had great eyes because the little animal was down the street quite a ways and neither Danny nor I caught it at first.

When we finished, Danny needed to use the restroom so he went into a local restaurant.  After he went in, he began telling his story to a number of people.  He handed out business cards and books to each.  He met some terrific people.

In fact, all had stories of friends or family with cancer.  It was great to meet good people like that.  That is has been one of the neatest things about the trip, you never know who you are going to meet.

Not long after, we hit the road, heading for the border.  When we got there, we took another picture.  We were thrilled to have conquered another state!  Goodbye Arizona, it has been fun.

Although we only biked about 30 miles in New Mexico, we enjoyed every minute of it.  Similar to Arizona, so far, it has some beautiful scenery.

We pulled off just inside the New Mexico border to make a phone call regarding the trip.  One of the first cars that passed us, quickly slowed down, made a U-turn and came back to check on us.  He was headed to Silver City and asked if we needed a lift.  What a great guy!  This certainly gave us the feeling that New Mexico was going to be a good state to ride in.

A hotel in Lordsburg, New Mexico gave us a good price for the night.  We were able to walk across the street to the only restaurant in town and have a large meal.

We ended up finishing the day riding 69.22 miles.  Tomorrow we are heading to Deming, New Mexico.  It should be about a 65 mile day on New Mexico interstate.  I hope they are as clean and safe as the ones we enjoyed while in Arizona.