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2018 Luna Lakes I Day 3

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All photos courtesy of Isam This is it! The other two days of this tour are splendid in their own right, but today’s route is the best, well, on paper anyway. Still, you never know what you’re going to get on tour. Isam rose at 5:30AM to fix breakfast. Coffee, Spam, onions, red and green peppers. Delicious! How lucky are we? No messing around this morning. Two and a half hours of steady climbing (and OK a few breathers) from 5700’ to nearly 8000’ . The route doesn’t climb one particular mountain, but rather up the eastern side of a

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2018 Luna Lakes I Day 2

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All photos courtesy of Isam Today’s route promises an easier day, but that’s not always the case on a bike tour. It started with coffee and breakfast from the Largo Café. The server there said she even remembered me from last year – says she never forgets a face. Quick stop at the Country Store. We had sandwiches and plenty of leftover nibbles from yesterday so only picked up a Gatorade. South down NM32. It was then I discovered I’d been bitten last night, almost certainly by bed bugs. Six or seven bites down the torso, which itched a lot

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2018 Luna Lakes I Day 1

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All photos courtesy of Isam Up early. I grabbed some coffee in the lobby and got permission from the motel proprietor to leave my car for a couple days.  When I returned I found Isam had discovered his cycling shoes had somehow not made the trip. Hmmm, what to do. I considered going to get the shoes from home, and sliding the whole trip back one day, but this would be easier accomplished with a phone (mine is in for repairs). A “bike shop” exists in Springerville, but all photos of the store show them to be skiing-specific. The closest

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Luna Lakes 2008: Reserve to Springerville

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Monday May 26 – We decided to leave earlier this morning, but I guess everyone else had the same idea.  We enjoyed a breakfast of eggs, bacon, and sausage, and an interesting pumpkin streudel with a tasty topping.  I had a rare cup of coffee that gave me a good morning jolt.  After stowing our stuff for the truck, we found ourselves again the last riders on the course. Monday’s route started directly into a 14-mile climb from 5770 feet in Reserve up US180 (the Colorado Trail Scenic Road) to the Luna summit at 8000 feet in the San Francisco

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Luna Lakes 2008: Quemado to Reserve

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Sunday May 25 – Electing not to use an alarm, Mary Ellen and I awoke about 6:20AM the next morning.  Unfortunately, our pre-paid breakfast was 5 – 6:30AM at the high school, nearly a ½ mile walk from the hotel.  We dressed in a flash and practically ran there, arriving about 1 minute late, then grinned and pleaded our case for service.   I was happy to see cold cereal and milk, my favorite, and downed several bowls.  They also served leftover chocolate cake, which Mary Ellen started with, then added 2 pancakes on top of that. On our walk back

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