Today we rode 63 miles and about 53 miles being uphill, but only about a 3% grade which I peddled about 8 miles an hour, so with breaks for water and snacks I was about 9 hours on the road. Every 5 miles I stop for a big slug of water or gator aid, and every 10 miles I stop for water and a snack such as a Baggie of trail mix, and every 15 miles I stop for water, snack, and dancing a jig around my trike. You gotta keep up your routine😀 I mentioned a day or two ago that after fastening the trike to the back of the camper and then pulling out of the campground that the trailer we were pulling swung around and bent one of my handles over. I bent it back up into place and it looked fine. Today while I was going up a particularly steep hill I was pulling on the handles for leverage and I pulled the one that had bent off. So I had to do the rest of the day with one steering handle. It was tricky at best. With little traffic it wasn’t to big of a problem but then I came into Wickenburg during rush hour with no designated bike path trying to maneuver with one steering handle and braking for one front tire. It was very, very exciting, close to being a near death experience!! I kept thinking about what it would feel like to be hit by a truck. I remember reading that you don’t really feel much pain during a traumatic event like that. I was hoping that was true. It was a great feeling to see John and Mary Ann Smith out by the entrance to where we were staying, I had made it!! I took a 6 inch piece of 3/4 x 3/4 angle iron and put it next to the broken piece and then took 4 hose clamps and put them around the angle iron and cinched it up tight. It seems to be holding great. I took a picture of the concoction  but I couldn’t figure out how to upload it to my blog. I will put it on Facebook. My knee is much better with all the Aleve that I am taking, and the ice I am putting on it in camp. Tomorrow we are scheduled to go 95 miles and we are riding through Phoenix to boot, Yikes!  I hope my fix job works on my steering arm!!