Miles Completed: 60.6
Cumulative miles: 604.8
Miles to St Augustine: 2,493
Today we rode from Tonto Basin through Globe and ended in Cutter, AZ (population 74).
The first 30 miles was a relatively flat ride with many views of Roosevelt Lake and the Tonto National Forest. Roosevelt Lake is a large reservoir over 22 miles long created by the Theodore Roosevelt Dam of the Salt River. It supplies half the water needs of Phoenix’s Valley.
Also in this area are cliff dwellings that I was able to see from a Scenic View area, but the actual road to the monument was closed due to the government shutdown.
After that we did a 6.0 mile climb where we gained 1669 feet of elevation, which is an average grade of 5.1%. It took me about an hour to get up that hill. It was a good challenge and an epic climb for our adventure.
Then we rode to Globe. I couldn’t really enjoy Globe because they had a major flood a week ago and a lot of cleanup was still going on. The historical district was hit hard and some of that area is closed. We had to carefully navigate the construction and traffic.
After Globe, we had an easy ride down to Cutter where there is a campground next to the Apache Gold Casino. We had the option to stay at the casino hotel which I did as a birthday present to myself! I went to the casino after our nightly map meeting and won $200. A lucky night!
FYI – I read all the comments you make on the blog. I don’t have time to respond individually, but I’ll try to answer requests or questions. My sister-in-law, Sue, wanted to see how we cook at the campgrounds. So I’ve added two pictures below showing the set up.
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