Day 10 - Kingman to Barstow

Today began as always, with dedications - but there was only one today and it was to Melinda from me.   Our good friend Bruce got a bit emotional as he read it - many eyes were wet as he shared how Melinda was so terrified of this portion of the Ride (to Oatman through Sitgreaves Pass) in 2008, but when facing Stage 4 Cancer she became fearless and is continuing to remind all of us that no matter how her cancer turns out - "It's all good."  There were many hugs before we left - Melinda is a special part of this "family" and admired by all, but especially loved by me.

The road to Oatman was closed due to wash outs, but we went anyway!

Melinda made it all the way to the top without a problem.  Here is Melinda and me with our special friend Bruce - the person that does the dedications.

We rode down into Oatman and saw and fed the donkeys and ate ice cream!

The donkeys liked Melinda and followed her around.

The road out of Oatman was very bad - we had 3 bikes go down, but no injuries or damage.

This is actually the road in the picture below.

Here we are helping a rider get back up again.

It was really hot - this is a photo of the thermometer on our motorcycle showing 104 degrees!

Melinda was over heating so we broke off from the group and travelled down the Interstate to Barstow to get to the hotel so she could cool off.  She showered and then did some laundry.  We had a wonderful Mexican banquet tonight at the hotel - good food!  Back to the room to get this out and get organized for tomorrow.  This is a far as we made it in 2008  - everything from tomorrow on is new!

Overall Melinda is a trooper and doing well.  The new motorcycle is helping and the sore throat is not getting worse.

God is good, all the time!

Love to all,

Stephen  & Melinda