We crossed the desert on our bikes with no names.

Up early on Tuesday for a predawn departure from milepost 66 east of Twentynine Palms after a very windy night. It was calm now but drizzling as we started and raining harder for all the ride. It was also only 70 degrees F. So our journey across featureless desert was cold and wet and we loved it! Much better than blazing sun. Mainly flat and straight roads and very little traffic.
We'd done today's 91 miles by 1.30 pm even after losing Mandy for a while as she missed us go by and doubled back to look for us. "I only closed my eyes for a minute!"
The most notable feature passed today was an ugly "art installation" made with shoes. Made the tortoise VW seem classy in retrospect.
Finished south of Parker, Arizona after crossing the Colorado River into the second state of our trip. Tonight we went to stay in Lake Havasu City which is where they rebuilt the old London Bridge back when I was a lad. Large and odd town and not on my list of places I'd like to live.

Starting in the dark to avoid the heat that did not arrive. 

Keith speeds passed the support vehicle. 

The shoe art installation.