Lake Havasu, AZ - Parker, AZ

Wake-up today was harder than normal, since we all had a great time in Lake Havasu and didn't want to leave the hospitality of the people of Lake Havasu City. We got on the road to head to Parker, AZ, about a 40 mile ride (shorter than most rides), but even at 7 AM, we could feel the heat already. The ride went by fairly quick, with the heat being the only bothersome obstacle during our ride. We all arrived at the Parker Community/Senior Center, where we would be lodging that night. We didn't have any scheduled programming, so it was nice to be able to just relax and take a break from the usual tight schedule. I had lunch with one of the senior residents at the Community Center, a military veteran/inventor who claimed that he was going to invent the next big thing--something about cars, but he wouldn't tell us what he was creating. He was also a novelist on the side, and wasn't afraid to brag about all of his endeavors. We ate some weird chicken & rice casserole, which looked disgusting but wasn't half bad. After lunch, a few of us made a trip to the Family Dollar to pick up a few things, followed by a bike cleaning session and a nap. For dinner, we had a sponsor buy us sub sandwiches and chips from a sandwich chain that I had never heard of. After dinner, we continued cleaning our bikes, and went to bed to get ready for our 115 mile ride the next day.