Hi Everyone,
Well, I know I must be sounding like a broken record, but I just can't say it enough: I AM HAVING SO SO MUCH FUN!!!!!! Yes, all this is a lot of physical work, but I am so thoroughly enjoying myself! Today, for instance, I was thinking, how lucky I am that my only worry and concern for the next few months is if it is going to rain, or if we will have a headwind! Today there was no rain, and it was another gorgeous day, and was not too hot in the Nevada desert. I cannot get over how beautiful the desert really is, and how quiet and peaceful it is to ride through it. However, today we had a 5 mile stretch of road that was grated, so it made the ride very rough and loud, and far from peaceful. As one of the leaders of this group says.. you have to recover from the shaken baby syndrome effect once your off this stretch. It is like riding a rickety rackety roller coaster for five miles!!! It is all part of this adventure though!
Today I am in a very interesting town. Battle Mountain, NV. The population is approx. 5,000. I went down E. Front Steet, which is their main street. I passed a liquor store, a bank, a hardware store, a mexican restaurant, a gas station, and then further up the road saw the Comfort Inn motel where we are all staying tonight. The rest of this town, is literally open space that is surrounded by mountains, and a railroad track to the left side of the street. It is quite a change from NYC!!!! I have to wonder if they even have a sheriff or cop out in this town. I will inform you all in tomorrows blog (I know, the suspense will keep you awake at night tonight!)....
Tonight we ate at the mexican restaurant I passed by when coming into town. Again, I was a bit skeptical, fearing this time, food poisoning (I stayed away from the Hot Tamales Tom!) It was absoulutely amazing food! El Aguila Real restaurant serves you plates that are about half the size of the table! The food was excellent, and what is really unbelievable, is that with the plates being as big as they are, I finished the whole entire plate! I cannot believe my ravenous appetite!!!
Tomorrow is a 72 mile day. We are on our way to Elko, NV. Then the two days following will be 100+ mile days. I am so very much looking foward to my day off in Salt Lake City! But, I am also so enjoying the views! I am taking lots of landscaping pics, and have all my pics on a disk. When in Salt Lake, I plan to put a link on blogger so you can view all my pics.
I still have no phone access. I guess Sprint thinks that America stops somewhere in the midwest!
So, I am going to go to the jacuzzi, and see if they got a sheriff in this town!
Hope you are all doing well!
M
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