Day4-Oct. 19 Wickenberg, AZ 111 miles

Praise the Lord, it was a lot cooler today! Only 85 instead of 100. But plenty of sunshine. Today was our longests riding day. We went 111 miles to Wickenberg, AZ, about 50 miles northwest of Phoenix.
We had to ride about 25 miles on interstate 10. Then about 15 miles into the ride Dave Ryder saw this used car lot with all these really old cars. He was so excited. Then Dave and Faith came along and David Kneller had a blast looking at all the old cars. You'll see Ryder standing by one of his favorite cars on the lot. He tried to get us to buy it for him.
Then we rode on Hwy 60 the rest of the way to Wickenburg. It is the straightest, flattest rode we've seen. It was nice riding on it.
At lunch time we couldn't get a hold of Dave & Faith (their phone was on mute), to have them come bring lunch to us. So we stopped at this small cafe in the middle of the desert and Ryder had six dollars on him which he used to buy us lunch--ice cream cone, and french fries. It hit the spot.
We climbed over 3600' today, but not very steep.
We also saw all sort of cactus. Especially liked the huge saguaro cactus, probably over 15' tall. Then there were these huge melon fields that had just been picked--cantaloupe mostly.
Very tired at the end of today's ride. Ryder is doing really well. Leaving me in the dust today. My neck and butt got really sore after about 50 miles.
Dave Ryder is wanting to go out into the desert tonight and look at the stars and have worship, which should be great with the clear sky and low humidity out here, and no city lights around.