Day 44: Solomon, AZ to Globe, AZ

We were treated to some cracking alien creation theories last night in Safford. You hope to meet some colourful imaginations in the States and last night certainly provided. I heard of seven Eves, alien gold mining, DNA transplantation. We've been told to seek out some New Age literature. He warned not to go for the sensationalist stuff though.

Mon's parents sorted us out with an abundance of pancakes for breakfast and for the road. We got away early as we were anticipating a fairly long day on the road but It turned out to be a fast one with little wind.

A lot of the day was spent passing though the San Carlos Apache reservation

So excited to see proper cacti!

The road into globe was sketchy with heavy traffic and a shoulder bad enough to bring about Louisiana comparisons.

We are spending tonight at Larry's house. He let us raid the cupboards so we cooked up a large pot of soup to share. Conversation flowed all evening and Larry had a lot of interesting opinions to share; we really enjoyed his company.

We're going to divert from the Southern Tier route tomorrow and head to the Grand Canyon via Flagstaff, bypassing Phoenix. I've heard Flagstaff is a cool place and Phoenix isn't the most bike-friendly.