Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
27Jan 2010 Prescott - Sedona by car
27Jan 2010 Prescott - Sedona by car
This morning the could gethered and started to rain! Phil said tomorrow and more two days would be still rainning, so he suggested me he drove me to Sedona, I said ok, so this is the third time hitchhiked in America. We called the host in Sedona, but did not answer. Phil said do not worry, if there is no host I can stay at his friend's home. He drove me to I-17, the freeway, partly rain and partly foggy. Sedona is a red rock around town, pretty neat! When we got in Sedona we called the host again, but as before: no answer, so Phil drove me to his friend Dennis's home.
Phil came back soon, because he is a nurse! in America about 10% men are nurse!~haha. Thanks buddy!
Dennis is a guide of Sedona, he calls hisself Mr. Sedona, I think he know Sedona so much, and it is! He drove to have a look and tell me a lot of stories about Sedona. He said in Sedona the most popular word is two Chinese: Chi(in Chinese "QI") and "Feng Shui".
At night he tread me a Indian food and a movie Avatar!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!
This morning the could gethered and started to rain! Phil said tomorrow and more two days would be still rainning, so he suggested me he drove me to Sedona, I said ok, so this is the third time hitchhiked in America. We called the host in Sedona, but did not answer. Phil said do not worry, if there is no host I can stay at his friend's home. He drove me to I-17, the freeway, partly rain and partly foggy. Sedona is a red rock around town, pretty neat! When we got in Sedona we called the host again, but as before: no answer, so Phil drove me to his friend Dennis's home.
Phil came back soon, because he is a nurse! in America about 10% men are nurse!~haha. Thanks buddy!
Dennis is a guide of Sedona, he calls hisself Mr. Sedona, I think he know Sedona so much, and it is! He drove to have a look and tell me a lot of stories about Sedona. He said in Sedona the most popular word is two Chinese: Chi(in Chinese "QI") and "Feng Shui".
At night he tread me a Indian food and a movie Avatar!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!
26 Jan 2010 out of Peeples Valley - Prescott 48.3 KM
26 Jan 2010 out of Peeples Valley - Prescott 48.3 KM
In the morning I heard the wired sounds again and I went out of tent with my mace, but I did not see anyting! but the sound is really closed too me, it is so so so wired!
Tufa Bar is the junction of 89 and Route 15, a very small town, I went to a ranch asking water, the worker told me about 8 years ago there was a bar named Tufa Bar where is the house the ranch own now. Route 15 is really nice for cycling and the road itself is pretty flat to Kirkland. In Kirland I went into post office asking date stamp. From Kirkland to Skull Valley turn into Route 10, in Skull Valley I went into post office again, and both of these two post office I gave the host Phil in Prescott calls, but no answers. Anyway I need to get into Prescott today at least. Skull Valley is a little bit bloody for me, and it dose! long time ago there are so many Indians fight with white people, and then of course a lot of people dead and left their skulls a lot. Their has a museum, I think maybe it has a lot of skulls, but I did not go, because I need save my time to Prescott.
From Skull Valley to Prescott is still on Route 10, but started climbing! It is not so terrible as I thought, but last night I did not sleep well because of the unknow wild animals, so it was a little bit hard for me. When I saw a sign 6014 feet, I am very happy, because the sign with hightitude it means there is the highest pass! But it is not.... After this sign downhill about 1800 feet climbed again! Though it just 1700 feet, but why the sign is not at the highest pass??
Anyway after that it is a real downhill to Prescott. Passed a corner suddenly the landscape became snow mountians! It comes too suddenly, I did not have any preparations! Just a couple of minutes before I was still in the desert! Futher more is a .... and a huge huge mountain! I almost cried there, everything got me as stoned! The last similar feeling I got I think is the first time I saw the real snow mountain in Bai Mang, Yunnan, China, exectly it is a Tibetan area. I was on bike with Kazumoto who is a Japanese biker was aroung Aisa aready 5 years. I am so happy.
I rode again and when I stopped to take photo a car stopped behind me, he is the host Phil! he said he corncerned about me, so dorve the car to look for me. thanks! Tonight Phil tread me a big dinner! Thanks again. Phil said tomorrow should be rain again, so I can stay his apartment one more night, why not? haha
In the morning I heard the wired sounds again and I went out of tent with my mace, but I did not see anyting! but the sound is really closed too me, it is so so so wired!
Tufa Bar is the junction of 89 and Route 15, a very small town, I went to a ranch asking water, the worker told me about 8 years ago there was a bar named Tufa Bar where is the house the ranch own now. Route 15 is really nice for cycling and the road itself is pretty flat to Kirkland. In Kirland I went into post office asking date stamp. From Kirkland to Skull Valley turn into Route 10, in Skull Valley I went into post office again, and both of these two post office I gave the host Phil in Prescott calls, but no answers. Anyway I need to get into Prescott today at least. Skull Valley is a little bit bloody for me, and it dose! long time ago there are so many Indians fight with white people, and then of course a lot of people dead and left their skulls a lot. Their has a museum, I think maybe it has a lot of skulls, but I did not go, because I need save my time to Prescott.
From Skull Valley to Prescott is still on Route 10, but started climbing! It is not so terrible as I thought, but last night I did not sleep well because of the unknow wild animals, so it was a little bit hard for me. When I saw a sign 6014 feet, I am very happy, because the sign with hightitude it means there is the highest pass! But it is not.... After this sign downhill about 1800 feet climbed again! Though it just 1700 feet, but why the sign is not at the highest pass??
Anyway after that it is a real downhill to Prescott. Passed a corner suddenly the landscape became snow mountians! It comes too suddenly, I did not have any preparations! Just a couple of minutes before I was still in the desert! Futher more is a .... and a huge huge mountain! I almost cried there, everything got me as stoned! The last similar feeling I got I think is the first time I saw the real snow mountain in Bai Mang, Yunnan, China, exectly it is a Tibetan area. I was on bike with Kazumoto who is a Japanese biker was aroung Aisa aready 5 years. I am so happy.
I rode again and when I stopped to take photo a car stopped behind me, he is the host Phil! he said he corncerned about me, so dorve the car to look for me. thanks! Tonight Phil tread me a big dinner! Thanks again. Phil said tomorrow should be rain again, so I can stay his apartment one more night, why not? haha
25 Jan 2010 Closed Rest Area - out of Peeples Valley 63.1 KM
25 Jan 2010 Closed Rest Area - out of Peeples Valley 63.1 KM
In the morning boiled instant coffee for breakfast, then my tire got flat again, I do not know why, this is not the first time, when I was pedaling on the way the tires were good, but when I have a rest and put it nearby me, then it got flat!!!! Spent about 20 minutes to repair it, after I left about 1 mile from the closed rest area I felt today is very easy: I forgot my backpack at the rest area!!!!!!!!!! Then I came back to take it, futurenatellly it was still there....
Got into Wickenberg but I did not get into the downtown, my map shows I sould pass the downtown just follow the 60! Why I did not? I got the wrong way? I am sure I am not, because I got the junction of 60 and 93! the map wrong?! Anyway then I took on the 93 headed to Congress, from Congress there is a long and steep climbing to Yarnell. When I got Yarnell was almost dark, I went to a grocery asking water, the waitress is very nice, she told me from after Peeples Valley about a couple of miles I could get in a Junction named Tufa Bar, from there the best way is not cuntinuing to follow the 89, because it is so steep! She told me I should take Route 15 then to Route 10 to Prescott. On the map the 15 + 10 is longer than 89 a lot, but it is not ture, because 89 has a lot of curve and it is extramly steep to Prescott! Thanks! I beleive local people than map, because they know the local road better than the map, and upto now I found to wrong on my American map, one is in California on the map there are two campground in Big Sur it signed opposite! and just yesterday the way I passed the miles it is signed wrong distance!
Passed Peeples Valley a couple of miles, I camped out of 89, hided into a steel fence. at night started a little bit wind, and then I heard some wild animals snarl!!!! I do not know what they are, firstly I thought it should be cayote, but I saw cayote in the desert of Calrfonia, I totally know their sounds, and I know cayotes are not come to the human's place.The sounds themselves are similar between dogs and monkeys or birds! It was so wired! I have no idea what are them and how far they were from me, I just hold my Bear Mace in case!
In the morning boiled instant coffee for breakfast, then my tire got flat again, I do not know why, this is not the first time, when I was pedaling on the way the tires were good, but when I have a rest and put it nearby me, then it got flat!!!! Spent about 20 minutes to repair it, after I left about 1 mile from the closed rest area I felt today is very easy: I forgot my backpack at the rest area!!!!!!!!!! Then I came back to take it, futurenatellly it was still there....
Got into Wickenberg but I did not get into the downtown, my map shows I sould pass the downtown just follow the 60! Why I did not? I got the wrong way? I am sure I am not, because I got the junction of 60 and 93! the map wrong?! Anyway then I took on the 93 headed to Congress, from Congress there is a long and steep climbing to Yarnell. When I got Yarnell was almost dark, I went to a grocery asking water, the waitress is very nice, she told me from after Peeples Valley about a couple of miles I could get in a Junction named Tufa Bar, from there the best way is not cuntinuing to follow the 89, because it is so steep! She told me I should take Route 15 then to Route 10 to Prescott. On the map the 15 + 10 is longer than 89 a lot, but it is not ture, because 89 has a lot of curve and it is extramly steep to Prescott! Thanks! I beleive local people than map, because they know the local road better than the map, and upto now I found to wrong on my American map, one is in California on the map there are two campground in Big Sur it signed opposite! and just yesterday the way I passed the miles it is signed wrong distance!
Passed Peeples Valley a couple of miles, I camped out of 89, hided into a steel fence. at night started a little bit wind, and then I heard some wild animals snarl!!!! I do not know what they are, firstly I thought it should be cayote, but I saw cayote in the desert of Calrfonia, I totally know their sounds, and I know cayotes are not come to the human's place.The sounds themselves are similar between dogs and monkeys or birds! It was so wired! I have no idea what are them and how far they were from me, I just hold my Bear Mace in case!
24 Jan 2010 Phoenix - rest area (Wickenberg) 71.9 km
24 Jan 2010 Phoenix - rest area (Wickenberg) 71.9 km
The real first day that heading to Grand Canyon! Say goodbye to them and Phoenix! thanks and see you nex time.
I did not take the I-17, I thought it should me as busy as I-10, and because of the last a couple of days rainning, a lot of roads closed, so it means the roads re-open, and it should be more cars and trucks transform the stuffs to Flagstaff by I-17, but this is just I guess.
I took 74 to 60 to Wickenberg. This road is longer than I-17 to Flagstaff where is the last city to Grand Canyon, but it is so nice, less traffic and good landscape and comfortable climbing, not so steep.
On 74, I met a man from the opposite direction walked and pull a ????? with a lot of empty bottles, firstly I thought he is a homeless, but then I thought he must be not, because from Wickenberg to Phoenix about 50 miles, a homeless for what? he should be a hiker! but when I thought this I passed him already, his face looks like a Japanese.
When I almost got the junction of 74 and 60, I met a biker from the other side, his name is Bjorndihle, from Alaska. So many days I did not meet bikers, we talked long time, he told me a girl named Jill Homer, I can Google her by "Up in Alaska", she would like talk with me about cycling in Tibet. Bjorndihle told me one more good information, he said when I get on 60 a couple of miles later, on the left side has a closed rest area, I can camp there, thanks! when I got the rest area was tottally dark, at night a train passed, is there a railway?!
The real first day that heading to Grand Canyon! Say goodbye to them and Phoenix! thanks and see you nex time.
I did not take the I-17, I thought it should me as busy as I-10, and because of the last a couple of days rainning, a lot of roads closed, so it means the roads re-open, and it should be more cars and trucks transform the stuffs to Flagstaff by I-17, but this is just I guess.
I took 74 to 60 to Wickenberg. This road is longer than I-17 to Flagstaff where is the last city to Grand Canyon, but it is so nice, less traffic and good landscape and comfortable climbing, not so steep.
On 74, I met a man from the opposite direction walked and pull a ????? with a lot of empty bottles, firstly I thought he is a homeless, but then I thought he must be not, because from Wickenberg to Phoenix about 50 miles, a homeless for what? he should be a hiker! but when I thought this I passed him already, his face looks like a Japanese.
When I almost got the junction of 74 and 60, I met a biker from the other side, his name is Bjorndihle, from Alaska. So many days I did not meet bikers, we talked long time, he told me a girl named Jill Homer, I can Google her by "Up in Alaska", she would like talk with me about cycling in Tibet. Bjorndihle told me one more good information, he said when I get on 60 a couple of miles later, on the left side has a closed rest area, I can camp there, thanks! when I got the rest area was tottally dark, at night a train passed, is there a railway?!
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