Photos: Best of the West

The Tour of Duty bicycle team, made up of U.S. and Australian military, police and fire fighter members, bikes together as they ride to commemorate the service of those groups. In a 20 stage ride that consists of 24 participants as they begin in San Diego and finishing in New York, arrive Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Phoenix. The funds collected from the ride will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, and New York Police, Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)