Today was a challenging but rewarding day in the end. We left the hotel in Fallen at 9:30, heading east on route 50, unfortunately the wind was travelling against us. We were stuck at a steady 8-10mph clip on a straight flat road, without the wind we would probably be doing 20mph. But despite the strong headwind, we plugged along from Fallon to Cold Springs (a little more than 60 miles).
We are definitely in the middle of nowhere right now. During our travels today we passed by pretty much nothing but mountains, sage brush, dried lakes and military test ranges.
The whole day there were military fighter planes and bombers zooming around and when we stopped for lunch, we saw them performing bombing practice in the surrounding desert. We also found the fabled shoe tree along the way to which we donated a pair of our shoes to lighten the load (don't worry, we still have our biking shoes).
The hospitality in Cold Springs was wonderful! It is on the map because it is the only piece of civilisation between Fallon and Austin. It has a few mobile homes, bathrooms, and a diner/bar. It is probably the smallest town on the map, but we are sure glad it exists -- we got a warm meal at the diner and a patch of grass to set up our tent.
This is what the "town" looked like
By the end of the day today we were definitely ready to be done. Even though we didn't do too many miles, it was still a long day in the saddle. A wise man man once told us that it's not the fitness of the biker's legs that indicates how far you can travel in a day, the mileage is more dependent on the shape of the biker's [butt]. We can certainly agree with that.
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