17-04-16 Day 08

Peach Springs, AZ to Williams, AZ

Happy Easter to ALL our friends and family! We miss you and appreciate your continued support.

Last evening we spent the night at the Haulapai Indian lodge in Peach  Springs. It is part of the Indian Reservation that extends to the rim of the Grand Canyon.
By the way, the freight train runs every 15 minutes by there so you can get complimentary earplugs.  Nice touch.

In spite of the train sounds duringbthe night, and after a good nights sleep, we started on the road at 8:15 am with a slight chill in the air and bright sunshine.  Goal destination - Williams AZ.  We were immediately greeted with a persistent head wind that would last until the final miles of the day.  A bit of up and down during the day with the final push into Williams that was 15 miles of up hill. Stats - 79 miles, 8.5 hours, 9.3 avg, 4130 ft ascending, and 2000 ft of descent. Does not look so challenging unless you were in the saddle.

Along our way we stopped several locations to enjoy the local scenery. One of our stops was the Road Kill Cafe. This place offered a feast for the eyes with so many nostalgic items on display. Too cool and really too much to take in during a 15 min rest stop. Regardless, we loved seeing all the items on there.

In addition, we stopped briefly to enjoy once again the beautiful, wide open, views of the mountains. If you zoom in close, near the middle of the photo below you will see some snow capped mountains in the far distance. In real time these were more obvious and most spectacular.