So, apparently Gold Rush Days in Wickenburg, AZ is a big deal. Thousands of people converge upon this small locale every year for some good ole western fun. It just so happened that it is going on while I'm here.
I rode up from Phoenix today, after having stayed in a hostel last night. It was a fairly easy ride. After getting to town I met up with a couple of friends from Wyoming who live down here. We hung out for a bit and then I got taken to where I was going to stay.
Yesterday I took an easy day and rode across Tempe to ASU and then waited to meet up with my friend Neil, who lives in the area. We went back to his place and talked about the college days and caught up with each other.
As I was packing that morning the guys next to me, twin brothers from Michigan, started talking with me. They were members of the navy crew that picked up Apollo 11. They met Richard Nixon on that outing. We shared travel stories for a while and then went our separate ways.
The weather is finally starting to warm up and I was in shorts and a tank top today. I was able to just wear a shirt and no jacket yesterday evening. I am still having trouble staying warm, but that helps.
I have been eating in sit down restaurants a bit lately to help warm me up and be halfway nutritious and OT irks me that when a place gets a lone male they try to get them to go to the bar or else shove them in the most hidden corner by themselves. I also tend to get pretty poor service and usually neglected for long periods of time. If this is how soloists get treated it is no wonder there is so much depression and suicide and also obesity since home and fast food places are the only places one can oftentimes feel accepted. Anyways, enough of that.
Time to enjoy Gold Rush Days and then off to Vegas.
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Have fun in Vegas! i was talking to your mom today in church, and she sounds pretty excited to be there. hope you have a good time! be safe and god bless.
p.s. naomi, if u r reading this, i guess u figured out how to post comments!
Josh - I rode 60 miles (each way) this weekend fully loaded to a campground in West Palm Beach against cold wind. It was not pleasant and I thought about you and your winter biking and camping. BTW - I am exhausted from that ride - it is a big difference riding loaded! And I'm not sure I'll ever be warm again.
I totally agree with you on the single dining thing. I experienced that not only on my bicycle trip but also as a corporate traveler years ago. Apparently it's not a party if you are just one. I don't mind eating alone but those counter seats are just too close. They hate to give a table to a single person. It is even worse if you look like you might be a homeless person on a bike. I got "that" look a lot.
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