Iron Butt in a Hair Dryer

I knew I was blasting I-40 today, so I intentionally planned to do over 1,000 miles. I didn't know it was going to be over 100°F in Arizona, though. That's like riding in a hair dryer 🥵. Positioning myself so air comes up into the riding suit acts like a swamp cooler, drying my sweat and making it tolerable, but I dried out too quickly for it to help much 😔. Oh well. Made it to Ludlow CA where I'm camped. Even though I took a 1.5-hour nap late this morning, I'm still exhausted. Good night!

UPDATE:
It's tomorrow, so here's a little more about today's ride. The first 700-750 were blasting I-40 with some short dives off the interstate to 1) grab pics, 2) take a nap [because I think I was sleeping when I went through Holbrook and Winslow 🤢], and 3) stop to eat inside at one of the Ride to Eat locations.

But the next 58 miles, from Kingman to Topock via Oatman were over 2 hours of very slow, very hot, very 🫏 miles. Old (very) Route 66 is an amazing, twisty, edge of the cliff road that you absolutely must ride at least once. Just watch out for the burro sleeping in the road or blocking traffic so you can scratch and feed them 🤣.

Finally making it back to I-40, I dropped down along the Colorado River to Lake Havasu City, then even further down to Parker and back up the west side to Needles... literally 15 miles down the interstate. My route was 135 miles 🤣.

Another screaming 100-mile leg from Needles to Ludlow put me over my 1,000-miles and completed my day. It was a good one, even with the exhausting heat and wind!

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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2026 starting odometer: 46667
Starting odometer: 63051
Ending odometer: 64104
Daily mileage: 1053
2026 miles total: 17437Read more