Parker, AZ

So it is crazy, but I actually have internet two days in a row. Today we rode about 40 miles to Parker, AZ. A small town in the middle of a couple indian reservations and right on the Colorado River. The ride was not that bad although it got to 99 degrees at about 10:30 and it only got hotter after that. But we did have a sponsored lunch waiting on us by the local fire deptartment which was great! They had hotdogs and hamburgers waiting for us and then we got time to swim in the river. We bathed ourselves in the river as well and afterwards a couple of the firemen took us out on their speed boat which was awesome. I also got to slide down the slide pool in the station. It was pretty exhilerating. We are staying at a senior citizen building here and Parker and I read an interesting article that was hanging out. Apparently the county we are in right now, La Paz, has the highest percent of elderly in the United States. The median age here is 50, while the national average is 36. 32% of people here are over 60! But I am still extremely impressed by the hospitality here and with the rest of AZ. This is a great state! But dinner is waiting on me so I gotta go for now.

By the way I got to talk to Eric last night and it was great! As most of you know I do not have a cell phone so I am completely out of touch with the rest of the world.

-Joey H.