Day 12, Globe AZ to Thatcher, AZ

Below freezing this morning. Jim had a water bottle in his tent that had some ice in it. It's weird because I had a water bottle on my bike with no ice in it. We had no shower last night but it was opened up early this morning and Jim took a shower. I figured it's too late for me since I was just getting right back on the bike again, and sweating. We left at 8:15 and it hadn't warmed much yet but I dressed for the heat that was coming, which meant I was COLD going down the first hill. We headed out of town without stopping, taking hwy 70 east. We knew it was a long day and didn't want to waste any time. It was reported to us that the route was flat but I think he meant there was little net change in elevation over a long distance. It was definitely not flat with rolling hills for over 20 miles. 

We rode for an hour and a half until we came upon an "Apache Burger" which was on the Apache reservation of course. I had a spam, egg, and cheese burrito which was okay.

We pushed on and it did flatten out for the most part though the light wind was against us. We stopped again at the Mt. Turnbull apache market for more road fuel. We made it to Pima for a drink and had less than 6 miles to the RV Park in Thatcher. Before we got there I got a rear flat from cause unknown. It could've been from the flat proof liner like the front flat I got earlier in the trip as I didn't find anything in the tire to cause a flat. 

The Red Lamp RV Park was another prime example of a really poorly run business. We had to pitch our tents in a trashy bare dirt lot with the ambience of a desert ghetto. Not what I wanted after pushing hard two days in a row. At least the Mexican restaurant across the street was good. 

76 miles today.