78 miles
2700 calories
5:45 time
44.7 mph (new max speed)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Day 57
Baker, NV to Ely, NV
63.5 miles
2700 calories
4:45 time
Mustache Monday!
Tonka Truck tied down to an oversized 18 wheeler. I chased it down to take a photo while it was going uphill only to see it 2 miles later pulled over. Arg.
Connor and Steph asking Megan to prom.
63.5 miles
2700 calories
4:45 time
Day 56
Milford, CT to Baker, NV
95 miles
7:04 time
3000 calories
Waking up to a storm.
The diner gave us free breakfast.
And this is what the next 7 days were. Climb, descend, pedal through a valley with 20+mph winds. Do it again.
The valleys were like 10+ miles long. It seemed like we weren't moving.
Ohhh Nevada... how I never want to come back.
Campsite. Cookin dinner.
And this is how I asked Zach to prom.
95 miles
7:04 time
3000 calories
Day 55
Otter Creek State Park, UT to Milford, UT
102 miles
3200 calories
6:11 time
Today was forecasted thunderstorms all day long everywhere we were going. We had to stop at a diner 17 miles in for a few hours to wait it out. When the leaders realized it wouldn't pass, they started shuttling people. It would take 3 loads, 160 miles roundtrip everytime so some of us just keep biking to keep the distance down. As we got closer and closer, about 12 of us were able to make it all the way into town in time miraculously. Still haven't been vanned!
We organized a "prom" party for Nevada to keep spirits alive while in Utah and NV. So we all came up with creative ways to ask our "dates" to the party. Drew asked Erica and Bree.
Waiting out the storm and hoping not to get vanned...
102 miles
3200 calories
6:11 time
Today was forecasted thunderstorms all day long everywhere we were going. We had to stop at a diner 17 miles in for a few hours to wait it out. When the leaders realized it wouldn't pass, they started shuttling people. It would take 3 loads, 160 miles roundtrip everytime so some of us just keep biking to keep the distance down. As we got closer and closer, about 12 of us were able to make it all the way into town in time miraculously. Still haven't been vanned!
Day 54
Capitol Reef National Park, UT to Otter Creek State Park, UT
80 miles
6:47 time
3400 calories
In Capitol Reef Park, it's the "clearest air in the US". You can see 146 miles out at times.
Our last summit above 8,000ft.
On the edge of the storm, again.
Utah and Nevada seem to think putting pebbles and what seemed like elmer's glue together makes a great road. It was a very painful 10 days...
Caught in a hail storm. In the sun...
Camping at Otter Creek State Park.
80 miles
6:47 time
3400 calories
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