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Nighthiker
Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1714
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Posted: 11/2/2011, 7:11 am Post subject: Bicycle touring |
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I have noted more folks bicycle touring, heading east on US 60, some have been posting trip journals at www.crazyguyonabike.com. A local group rides once a month to the various Maricopa County Parks and camps |
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azbackpackr Hi Tech Wizardess
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 3639 Location: Needles CA
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Posted: 11/2/2011, 7:54 am Post subject: |
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When I lived in Springerville I used to work at a US 60 motel at the front desk. We'd get bike people through there quite often, since that is a popular cross-US route for cyclists. In fact, cyclists I know remark most often about a US 60 town a few miles to the east of Springerville: Pie Town, New Mexico. They remember the clean free campground, and of course, the two pie restaurants! (I think there is only one pie restaurant now, alas.)
Every summer, especially, it is common to see loaded-down bicycles passing through town. Main St. in Springerville is also US 60.
I became internet friends with a woman named Victoria who was riding across from Boston to Santa Monica, by herself. She rode from Quemado, NM, to Springerville in what was basically a blizzard. I met her at the motel, then started following her trip on her website (which is no longer up--too bad, it had great photos on it!) I put her in touch with my cycling friends in Yuma, who had a "cyclist's bungalow" so she stayed with them for a couple of nights.
One of the first transcontinental automobile trips passed through Springerville, in 1910. |
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