06.24.08

00:40:02 rtm
21.88 m
77-96° hot!!
11.2 avg.. 20.5 max
3036.9 odo (gary's bike)
231 lbs

Tucson AZ. Today Dad, Michael and I rode along the river bike path from Rillito Race track out west. This ride was supposed to be a lot longer but was plagued with flat tires. The tires on Gary's bike were crusty and weather beaten. Therefore, the bead wire popped out and poked a hole in the tube. Fixed flat #1. Saw a quail egg sitting on a wall. Rode a bit more and got flat #2. Fixed that one and about a quarter mile later, a blow out. This blew the tube out of the tire and around the hub three times. On a hwy I would have been in deep trouble. I was on this path and therefore did not crash. I love the bike path here. So dad and Mike rode back tot he cars, got a 7.53 mile ride and I waited by the Pima Lung and sleep center in a strip mall for dad to pick me up. Then it was off to Tombstone.