PacTour AZ Day 7 - Finale

Turk immediately post massage.  PAC Tour brings a professional masseuse along (Jon Jahant) who takes care of the riders for at least 6 hours each evening after we ride.  Paul seems to enjoy Terri's recovery expression...

Turk n Lara aka "Irish Cats" heading towards dinner at the Longhorn Restaurant, one of our favorite on the tour each year.

We used to stay a mile or two out of town (downhill no less) making it hard to get into Tombstone after the Wilcox to Tombstone ride.  We now stay right in town, 1 block from Main Street in the Tombstone Motel.  Mixed reviews.  Turk and Jim enjoyed the room as much or more than any on the tour.  Other's had smokey rooms with strange smells and the sounds of Harley's thru the night...

Back to the Longhorn Restaurant for breakfast on the last day.

Turk and Lara, the Irish Cats at breakfast.

Clare had a surprise for us this morning, Skull n Crossbones skullcap!  Ciolle's gonna be jealous for sure.

Clare's Canadian roommate, Sandra is an art teacher.  Sandra was sporting Harley biker doo-rag this morning.

So they ended the week with high fashion art.  Clare a smiley face and skull n crossbones, Sandra a Harley Davidson motif.

Jim started the day changing a flat on the back of the Tandem.  Inauspicious start, particularly when careful exam of the tire fails to reveal the source...

Paul and Lara sensing the end of the tour.  Paul got to touch the tandem today, but never actually got to ride it.

The favorite sight of for a tandem.  "Trucks on Cheese" signaling the top of a climb.  It was actually 10 miles downhill from here to lunch, after around 6 miles of rolling climbing.  Jim and Terri had climbed well together today, keeping alot of the small groups in check as they came by.

8 hours into our 12 hour drive home we saw the telltale flashing blue lights in the rear view mirror.  When the sheriff asked the driver at that time how fast he was driving he said "85, 90?"  He almost seemed disappointed when the sheriff told him he had clocked him at 82mph.

Fantastic PAC Tour week.  Best ever for Jim and Terri.  Sharing one of these treasured weeks with Paul made the week exceptionally fulfilling.  Hopefully more of the Bicycle-Heaven riders and clientele will join us next year for a week or two.  Hopefully Paul can rejoin us.

For Jim and Paul recovery started a little early.  You saw Jim changing a flat above, prior to the ride.  Well he ended up putting 3 more tubes into that rear wheel during the day and a few additional CO2s too boot.  We could find the hole in the tube and exactly on the tire where the small thorn or piece of metal should have been but could never find the culprit.  Jim is still suspicious that there may have been an "Irish Cat" claw involved here.

Jim and Terri were supposed to ride the first and third legs of the day on the tandem, with Jim and Paul riding then second and last together.  Due to the recurrent flat situation Paul never made it onto the bike.  Jim and Terri got about 40 miles together on the Tandem and Terri rode the last 35 miles into Tucson together.  All good and we all had a great week.

Thanx as always to Susan Notorangelo and Lon Haldeman who run PAC Tour, and their great crew who make the trip possible and wonderful.  Hope you enjoyed following our adventure, and that it has stimulated you to think about joining us next year!!

We appreciate everyone's support.  Rick for getting the Tandem running flawlessly.  Matt for picking up Turk's slack for the week.  Dot and Dot (Turk's mom and sister) for flying out and watching out for Will and JW this week.

Until next time.