Made it to Yuma!

Streetz and I made it to Yuma around 11:50a Ca time. That is exactly the time we crossed into Yuma and Kenny called me to say they were at the Quechan Casino and Resort.

After miles of farms and really, super intensly bumpy roads we made it! Wind aside, hills aside, bumpiness aside the first week was amazing. Tons of pictures that were beautiful, sights to be in awe of and lots of sceery to drop your jaw at. We are in the hotel right now and having a couple drinks before we head down to the casino to see what is going on.

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On the third day I realized I had lost my wallet. We got a short cut from my dad when I realized my wallet was missing. My grandma and grandpa Bruns were there watching me go through and through my bags looking for that darn wallet but also trying to hurry at the same time. It took a while, so my grandparents left and wished me well (including hugs, kisses, and prayer to keep me safe on my journey). After looking through all of my gear, we finally got on our way between 12p and 12:30p. Geesh, that took so long!

Judy filled our two, one gallon water bottles so that was some added weight. Turns out that was perfect! It took away the wobbles I had in the front of my bike. The first day the wobbles were pretty bad because I had the weight mis-distributed. Changed up the set up of the load the second day so that I would have better control. And hey, it worked! Even with more weight it felt really good. No wobble at all.

My dad's route took off quite a few miles, however it started out as a huge mountain! A climb a few hundred feet within a mile or so! We even saw ice on the climb up! But after that...geez! It was smooth sailing. Down hill through Beaumont and Banning. Wow!!! We even took a turn at 33mph when the curve was limited to 30mph/hr. Crazy! We even had some wind at our backs so it was really easy to get through those two cities.

The street we were on eventually just became an interstate on ramp so we had to go through a hole in the fence that follows the interstate. Once through that it was smooth sailing, again. We passed through the area with all the windmills, Wind Alley (or something like that), around sunset time and it was beautiful! But we still had a long way to go. We had to hit Palm Desert, so we continued on. Palm Springs came up really quick! It seemed like it was all down hill. We arrived in Palm Springs and came across a farmers' market so we stopped to take in the local people and see what they had to offer. One of the merchants there asked us what we were up to and was pretty stoked for us so he gave us some of his 'Green Drink'. Its was all natural and had 6 ingredients all blended together. It had flavor but it was definately in need of some better taste! Once we passed through Palm Springs it was a bee line to Palm Desert. That night we stayed at a hotel and had a chance to soak in a hot tub! It was so nice to just relax in there.