Today was a short day. In the morning we rode on I-40! Apparently that's legal in AZ? I hung back to help Sam fix her bike, so I rode by myself for a while. This was really fun because it was mostly downhill so I was able to speed along and get a fast average for the morning. I passed a couple groups as I flew down one of the hills, and then began passing groups of people stopped changing flats. Soon enough, I got a flat of my own. I had a tube to replace this one, but if I remember correctly I got another flat and had to wait for another group to pass so I could get another tube from them. I ended up riding with people the rest of the day in case something else happened. We got into town pretty quickly.
Seligman is another historic Rt. 66 town. We explored the town for a bit before settling in at a burger and shake place and managed to get food donated to us. We continued to check out all the little shops. They all pretty much cold the same things. There were a ton of tourists here, and a lot of them spoke very little English. Apparently the movie Cars is based on this town as one of the old shop owners fought to keep the interstate from running through there and instead tried to preserve Rt. 66. We stayed at a KOA. There was a pool that we hung out in and around waiting to see if it was going to rain or not. It ended up not raining so we began setting up camp. Being the barefoot enthusiast I am, I was walking around sans shoes not knowing there were a million goatheads all over. What's a goathead? A tiny little piece of plant that has all kinds of pointy ends on it that love to get stuck in your foot, shoe, and even give you flat tires. After getting at least 20 of these in my feet I gave up and put shoes on.
Tonight was opening night of Bike&Build Olympics! We were competing as chore groups in 5 different challenges for points to decide what chore each group would have for the last week. For opening ceremonies, each team had to come up with a creative entrance. Ours involved painting chests and doing Michael Jackson moves(we were team MJ, based on first names). Somehow we managed to get the most points for this. The challenge of the night was to change the tube of a bike wheel the fastest. I was selected as competitor in my group. I didn't have much practice trying to do it quickly, but somehow managed to get a good jump on everyone else. We had to use small road pumps to inflate the tires which is incredibly exhausting. We had to inflate to at least 110 PSI. As I was eclipsing this, going for a full 120, my tube exploded. This delayed me enough to only come in second, but since I was above the minimum I was credited with a complete change. The first place team somehow cheated so they were deducted half of their points, so essentially we tied for first in this challenge.
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