The circle turns. And so do the winds. Today the winds turned around
and unfortunately did not bite us on our butts. When it wasn't
blowing straight at us, it was swirling around to become a terrible
cross wind. Our nice easy pedal to Flagstaff turned out to be bit
more of a challenge, but it was better than rain.

Bonnie and Martin both decided to body build in the form of Olympic
tire pumping. Yes, we were continuing to be plagued by little devil
road wires.

It is lot cooler in Flagstaff, and at this point it is really
pleasant. We are currently camping among fragrant pine trees. We
were cycling at 7,350 feet today, and managed quite well. We will
not be at this elevation again until Colorado.

Tonight we said fare-thee-well to Marge and Joan, and hello to
Walter. We also bid good-bye to Bruce Leonard as well. He has
decided to end his tour at Flagstaff.

Tomorrow we leave these wonderful Northern Arizona Mountains, and
head north towards Utah.

And now to answer to Jean's questions. Joan is a friend of Marge
who decided to come along for trip. She was wonderful company. Seth
is the youngest of the riders and the son of a friend of mine. Poor
Seth, for some reason always seems to be waiting for us at every
rest stop. I keep telling him to pace himself. The problem, is that
he is. I think he has come along to remind us of how old we really
are. But we still have managed to ride to date 533 miles and climb
29, 346 feet.

And lastly, our best wishes go out to Merle Vogel whom we are
looking forward to riding with when we get back.