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Salome

A bicycle ride across the Americas Posted on 2016-10-15 by mev2016-10-16

Today a ride through the desert west of Wickenburg.
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All day was on US-60 with reasonable shoulder and a lot less traffic than yesterday. I guess more of the traffic continued on US-93 rather than west on US-60 where the interstate (I-10) otherwise provides a reasonable alternative.

First three miles were in Wickenburg city and then wide open desert. First 12 miles were a gentle climb. Still saguaro cacti here, though fewer than I had coming into Phoenix.
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Just on edge of town was a monument to the Wickenburg Massacre.
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Text of the plaque for closer reading.

After it was cycling through wide open country. I stopped briefly in Aguila at 26 miles.
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More places here to practice Spanish.
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Picture above gives reasonable view of desert landscape. Still an occasional saguaro but otherwise sparse plants, often with an area around them of bare soil. I assume the roots spread out to take in moisture from a wide area around each plant. A few spots had a low bush or two and I even came past an irrigated field, but most of the terrain looked more like above.
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Wenden was 49 mile mark and while the bar above was closed.
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Supermarket did have a few things for lunch. Wenden bills itself as “Gateway to Lake Alamo”. Looking at the map, this lake is ~25 miles north.
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After lunch cycled the last few miles to Salome. A light breeze had picked up, but fortunately most of the ride without much difficulty from wind or heat. Above is a picture of their 9/11 monument.

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