Hello friends of CC2C!
Well this may come as a surprise but we're in Arizona now and in case no one told you, it gets seriously hot here. We were out of the heat while we were still in the mountains for the first portion of the state but it was evened out by some ridiculous hills with extremely windy (both meanings of the word intended: with gusts of wind and serious turns)roads. We made our way from Springerville to Payson, getting pretty excited about the huge cacti we were starting to see along the way. We had an interview with CBS in Phoenix and were shocked at the difference in heat between the mountains and the city. In the course of an hour drive we went from 90 to 110 degrees. Even at 10:00PM in Phoenix it was 98 degrees so we were relieved to go back to the mountains, even with the hills, where we would actually be skating. On Monday ESPN First Take did a piece on us and interviewed Shayne live on nationwide TV (no pressure)! Alex's uncle recorded it and put it up on his Youtube channel so you can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7JM4ZMQrI We skated through to Prescott where we stayed with Erin's cousin Paula and her wonderful family. Their three little girls kept us busy while we stayed there for a few nights. They even tried our long boards and actually got pretty good over the course of an afternoon. We took the chance to go see the Grand Canyon while we were in the area and were only disappointed in that we couldn't spend more time there. It truly is a wonder of the world and we're very glad that we got the opportunity to experience it for ourselves. Unfortunately at this point Kris had to leave and go back to North Carolina due to a family emergency and much to both his and our disappointment he will not be able to come back in time to finish the trip. He did, however, skate his share of 2,900 miles across 10 states which is by no means a small feat or anything to be less than amazed by. We left off skating outside of Salome, AZ but went to Parker for some much needed rest. In order to maximize both our skate mileage before Kris had to leave and our time at the Grand Canyon we pulled some long days with little sleep, which apparently caught up with us last night when everyone passed out for 20 hours straight of sleep. Tonight with just Alex and Shayne skating we will cross the border into California, which is unbelievable. We will arrive in Venice Beach on Wednesday and we're all looking forward to jumping into the Pacific Ocean, especially since we still have some of the Mojave Desert to go through.
-The CC2C Crew
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