Brawley, CA

We did a little climbing at the start of the day and then had a long descent through canyon like twists and bends to bring us back down to sea level again. Beautiful as the scenery was it was hard to enjoy because we were assaulted by strong gusty winds. It took focus and determination just to stay on the bicycle. Then we had a long relatively flat ride through desert which was wonderful. Brought to mind an old Woody Guthrie song called Way Out There that involves some yodeling so I amused myself by singing it at the top of my lungs for several miles. Later in the ride we hit a 20 mile stretch of very rough road surface which left me with hands and feet that were completely numb....so I got in the van for the final 6 miles. Tomorrows ride is a 90 miler to Blythe. Our last day in CA.