Well here I am in Victorville. I drove up yesterday so it wouldn’t be such a long drive today. I have food ordered from Itchy Foot BBQ here in Victorville which I will pick up at noon. In addition I have the shopping list from Dave, the tour leader, for breakfast and lunch supplies. I will head over to Walmart this morning to do the shopping. In addition to all of that I have 20 gallons of water, two dozen bottles of Powerade/Gatorade and a few other surprises for the gang. Not to mention they don’t know that I’m the ‘Road Angel’. They know they are getting some help today – they just don’t know it’s me. It will be fun to see everyone again.
I plan to pick up the food at Itchy’s between 11 and noon, grab some ice for the coolers, and head for Amboy which is about 130 miles from here. Once there I will start driving back towards Needles on the bike route to see if anyone needs water, etc.
I can hear the wind outside now and the forecast for Needles and Amboy is winds in the 19 to 20 mph range in the afternoon. They are supposed to swing around out of the SSE which would be good but we’ll see. It’s going to be an 80 mile day for the gang today which is going to be tough. We’ll see how it goes but I told Dave I’m prepared to transport bikes and riders in my truck if need be! Should be an interesting day!! More to come.
Hi Mike: Where are you camping in Amboy? Is Roy’s open?
Roy’s is open but there isn’t much there. I posted a picture of where we camped!! Facililties are ‘rustic’ at best!