Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Day 15: Against the wind
75.4 miles. Averaged 10.6. What a windy day. That night we made our bear mace easily accessible but haven't had to use it yet. All we heard was a pack of dogs or coyotes running around. Took down camp early again thanks to the sun. There's no doubt we're in the Mountain time zone now. Maybe we should've gone the other way, it would've felt more like positive time travel.
We only had two major climbs today but the wind made it feel like we were hauling a horse. We were bikin' against the wind. Against the wind. It was really hot too, around 90 degrees. At least it was a dry heat. Saw a few sandstorms which were pretty cool. The only water we had was from our last stop in Baker, NV. Fortunately, we used water our conservatively and had extremely friendly vehicle assistance. We made it to Milford, UT (not MI, Tim's hometown) and ate at a local diner. We decided to take it easy the rest of the day and ride over to Cedar City, UT in the morning.
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I rode from Baker and pushed to Milford back in 2002. It was hot and windy then. Nice to hear it hasn't changed. FWIW, that was my worse day of the whole trip. I'm envious of you guys. Saw three more riders pass through Folsom today; one on a recumbent. Keep up the good work. ~ Kyle
ReplyDeleteYou guys don't share a singe tent? Come on! That is so inefficiient... I thought you were engineers. With that extra space, Tim could have brought an oxygen tank along. J/k Tim.
ReplyDeleteHopefully that recumbent won't catch us. It will make us wish we could lie back as well. And Mark, we didn't want to make you jealous. Haha. Nah, the real reason is because we both really smell sometimes.
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