End Of The Road (almost)

April 16,

As planned, we had a wonderful campfire last night with the two other cyclists we met (Kevin and Josh). Having a campfire is a great excuse for staying up a little later than we normally would. Usually when the sun goes down we don't really have anything else to do so we just go to bed.


It was really nice to hang out and talk for a while. The two other guys are about our ages and have been living in San Francisco and Sacramento. They both have been biking a lot more than we have been, one of them has worked as a bike delivery guy in San Francisco so biking actually is his job. It sounds like we will be crossing paths with them in the weeks ahead because they are taking a similar route through Utah.
We left the campsite by 8:30 on a very beautiful sunny and cold morning. The first little bit of the day was a descent, then a flat straight stretch and then a quite hefty climb.


We felt great all the way to Ely, 40 miles, and made it there before we thought we would, at 11:30. We walked around for a while and went on a wild goose chase to find a buffet. Unfortunately the restaurant in town that usually has a buffet is closed on Wednesdays. We kept walking, getting hungrier and hungrier and then went on a little shopping spree at a grocery store instead, having our own little buffet on a little hill on the side of the parking lot.


After all the food and a lot of sun, we didn't have much motivation to bike much farther so we just went a couple miles along the road to a campground. Chantale showed her charm to the manager and got us a discount. Our original plan was to go a little closer to Great Basin National Park so don't have as long of a day ahead of us but it's no big deal. We showed the bike a little love and cleaned it up really well so it will hopefully be rolling really smoothly.


We are going to take at least one rest day at Great Basin to rest our butts (and legs) so we won't be posting for a while due to the lack of wifi.

Location:Ely