I started off the day late due to staying up late, ruining my chances to beat the heat. Yesterday, my bike computer had fallen off my bike in traffic and gotten run over so I had to run to a bike shop to get a new one. Brock was kind enough to drive me to a store and Mara kept me company while I installed it. I bid them farewell and headed off into the heat.
I was going back to Wickenburg, where I stayed a few days ago. My path would diverge from my previous route there and head west.
I wound my way out of Phoenix, taking a dirt bike path and then a paved one. Stopped for lunch and a wave of lethargy overtook me and I had to stay and rest a bit. Luckily it was to be a short day and I made it to Wickenburg pretty early but not after stopping by a ghost bike for a bit.
Today’s mileage: 58 miles.
Total: 3449 miles.
Regarding your exceptional photo of the ghost bike:
Charles “Chuck” Petersen
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Age: 80
Location:
Wickenburg
Chuck Peterson regularly rode on Highway 60 between his home in Morristown and Wickenburg. On a Tuesday morning, an SUV driven by Patricia Headley, 30, of Phoenix ran into him in the westbound lane near the Hassayampa River Preserve.
Chuck received fatal injuries. The driver of the S.U.V. was not injured, according to the Wickenburg News
maggie, john, charlie, bill, & jimmie: I’m so sorry. This has hit me hard.