Hard to believe the guys are starting their 4th week of cycling. Monday they headed down Route #66 and out behind Red Rock State Park. Some of the rock formations can be seen for miles...you can't get lost around here. In the afternoon we packed up and drove south and then east to El Morro National Monument. We found MY kind of campground...kind of rustic....lots of trees, nestled next to a mountain and GRASS. The owner, a woman about late 60ish, came running out of her little cafe as soon as we came through the gate! Come to find out she's a cyclist TOO! Finished 60 miles in the "Tour de Tucson ". Did we have lots to talk about!
Today was a nice day...looked warmer then it was though... a cool wind creeped in. Stan and Roy headed out a little later then usual ...about 7:30 a.m. and crossed over the CONTINENTAL DIVIDE! It was over 7,oo0 feet. We stopped and had a picnic breakfast in a tiny little town called San Rafael. Not much there but an old shut down Catholic Church with a little park across the street. We were blessed I am sure.
In the afternoon, Stan and I decided to visit the EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT. We ended up hiking up to the top of this MASSIVE mountain named "Inscription Rock". It was a 2 mile hike and the pathway was well paved in parts, some stone steps and then over rocks. From the top of the rock you could see the valley below forever. Stan was a bit tired after biking 50 miles and then hiking 2 miles ( it took us almost 2 hours as there was so much to see). I called him a "BI-ATHLETE" - a biker and a hiker! It was a great site to see.
We packed up and moved down to a little town called Milan. Here we are at Route #66 again and the trains are passing here and whistling every 15 minutes...it feels like the tracks are two feet away. Sweet Dreams!!!
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