Danny’s Ride

This page is a special page just for the 4th and 5th graders who are following Danny’s Ride each day.  We hope to have interesting facts, photos and videos for you to learn about the places Danny and Drew are riding. (Teachers, please see the special note at the bottom of this page*).

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California – Day 1 through Day 4
Danny’s ride is taking a very southern route across the country. This means that they left from San Diego, CA and went across mountains and desert. This is a map of their whole trip showing how far they have come. It doesn’t look like they have gone very far, does it? In fact they have already ridden 215 miles!

Today they go into their second state!  They begin their ride in Blythe, California, which was named for a gold prospector named Thomas Blythe and end today’s journey in Salome, Arizona. Blythe has an elevation of 272 feet and Salome has an elevation of 1,873 feet. So even though they are riding about 60 miles today, they are also going up, up, up! If you have ever ridden a bike on a hill, you know how hard that is. Imagine how hard it will be for Danny and Drew in the hot desert sun!

Blythe, CA

• High Temp: 85
• Low Temp: 58
• Humidity: 18%
• Elevation: 272 ft

Salome, AZ

• High Temp: 81
• Low Temp: 52
• Humidity: 15%
• Elevation: 1,873 ft

* Special note to teachers who are using this site for educational purposes. Please send email with ideas for the kinds of information you want to see here to jim@jimazing.com.