Long Distance Bike Riding - Cycling from Flagstaff AZ to Laughlin NV

It is exactly 200 miles from Flagstaff to Laughlin NVbut it is all down hill after the 3600 foot Union Pass
and it is mostly downhill as Flagstaff is at 7000 feetdown to the Colorado River Bridge separating Nevada
and Laughlin is only 535 feet. So you might say this is aand Arizona.
cyclists dream and yet there are some rolling hills withThis will be an enjoyable ride indeed and a change of
some steep grades on the way down to Laughlin NVscenery and maybe we can get our kicks on Route
and occasionally we will be giving back our decent66. Still it is 200-miles and we are completely wiped
numbers as we go. But for the most part the numbersfrom crossing over the Mountains and Painted Desert
do not lie and it will indeed be a nice change of paceinto Flagstaff and all those trains all night did affect our
and an enjoyable ride down the hills. Check the brakessleeping a little. Who knows luck has been with us so
and we are good to go.far, maybe we might win some money in the slots
We will head out of Flagstaff to Williams where webefore we have to cross that insane California
pick up Old Route 66 and take that all the way intoDesert? Consider all this in your Trek Across America
Kingman, AZ and pick up Highway 68 into Laughlin, viain 2006.
over a mountain pass, there is a grade on the way up,