The plan was to ride to Sheep Camp restaurant in Buckeye and escort the 2 Desert 600k riders, Charles and Ezekiel. That worked! I rode down to Broadway, about mile 19 where I met Charles. He said Ezekiel was ahead of him. Guessed I missed him when I explored the other side of Broadway? Rode with Charles to Circle K around mile 21. He restocked supplies and off we went to PIR. At the end of that PIR we found Ezekiel waiting, resting. Together we rode up to Estrella. Ezekiel restocked at Elliott Mkt and Charles and I went on. We arrived in Buckeye. I enjoyed a nice breakfast. Western omelet with biscuit and hash browns. Order a cup of gravy for the biscuit. Everything was a bit dry so I should have taken the offer for salsa for the eggs. Peppers in omelet were large pieces and I prefer smaller. I will eat here again and try something different. Meanwhile the 2 cyclists continued on and I was to meet them at the top of Shawmut climb from Gila Bend to Maricopa. So I had to peddle back from Buckeye to LP into a strong headwind. I hustled back and left right away from LP by car for my place to wait for cyclists to crest the hill. I forgot to take the pop-up tent, Oh well. Eventually the 2 cyclists were DNF. Too much heat and stomach challenges. It was very close to 100 F.