day 4 Wickenburg to Cottonwood

Great day. We tested out the restaurant across the road last night for tea- awesome. Best yet. We went there for breakfast  (5:30) also best service yet everyone got served a plate full of everything. Route maps given out and load truck at 6:30 and on the road at 6:33.

Pretty much climb and climb some more for  40 miles to the rest stop which was lunch at 40 miles in  just over 3.5 hours. Just to boot there was a gusty head wind.

The first SG was lunch. After lunch it was more climbing with rolling hills. We passed through Prescott.

Off to the next SAG and after that it was false flat climbing until you it Mount Mingus. Around 10 miles of climbing all the way til 7023 feet.

See Cottonwood way down below.

The descent off here was  gentle to start with and then ssteepened up with switch backs an we passed through Jerome which had buildings right on the road like Le tour. The road surface was rough in places an the road narrow.

 But hey it was all down hill to the Hotel.

We beat the luggage truck in again as the riders were spread far and wide with the climbing

Total distance was 104 miles total climbing was 8750 feet.