This was going to be a long day. We woke up around 6 and discussed our options. I really didn't feel like riding over 4 hours just to get back to the point where I stopped the previous evening. I also didn't want to cheat and not do part of the route. I decided to try hitchhiking. I also decided that there was no way I was going to ride my time trial bike up those steep grades so I got my mountain bike ready for the trek.Deb made a sign that read "Silver Lake" and I took it along with my bike and stood out by the side of the road. I forgot to bring my blood drenched machete but it didn't really matter because nobody was stopping for me.
After about 20 mins a car that passed me earlier came back down the road. The driver said he would take me to Silver Lake. James and Mickey were very sweet (pic above). They drove me all the way to the Emigrant Trail Road turnoff, which was just a tad further than Silver Lake. James and Mickey had saved me a whole bunch of time! (Thanks folks!)
The climb up to Carson's Pass was much easier on my mt. bike. I was also well rested and felt great. I made the entire climb and the steep descent back to woodfords in just over 2.5 hours! When I got back I had a can of soda and some gorp. I didn't really feel like eating anything else. The new goal was to go another 90-100 miles and get to Fallon, NV. The thought of starting out on a ride through the high Nevada desert at 2:30 in the afternoon wasn't very appealing to me. Never-the-less, we had to press on. The first 40 miles were pretty miserable. It was fairly hilly and there was a head/cross wind. The temperature was in the mid 90's. As I got to Carson city the winds moved to my back and I was able to make some good time. I caught another biker named phillip (see pic). He is from Berlin and is biking around the world!I started running out of gas around 80 miles into this ride (not including the 33 miles I did earlier in the day) I kept thinking about a Denny's grand slam breakfast. I even texted Kayla and told her that's what I wanted.I pulled into Fallon, NV around 8:00 p.m. This section of the ride was 93.5 miles. The total for the day was 126.5 miles.There are no Denny's in Fallon but there is a Jerry's and it was wonderful!
After about 20 mins a car that passed me earlier came back down the road. The driver said he would take me to Silver Lake. James and Mickey were very sweet (pic above). They drove me all the way to the Emigrant Trail Road turnoff, which was just a tad further than Silver Lake. James and Mickey had saved me a whole bunch of time! (Thanks folks!)
The climb up to Carson's Pass was much easier on my mt. bike. I was also well rested and felt great. I made the entire climb and the steep descent back to woodfords in just over 2.5 hours! When I got back I had a can of soda and some gorp. I didn't really feel like eating anything else. The new goal was to go another 90-100 miles and get to Fallon, NV. The thought of starting out on a ride through the high Nevada desert at 2:30 in the afternoon wasn't very appealing to me. Never-the-less, we had to press on. The first 40 miles were pretty miserable. It was fairly hilly and there was a head/cross wind. The temperature was in the mid 90's. As I got to Carson city the winds moved to my back and I was able to make some good time. I caught another biker named phillip (see pic). He is from Berlin and is biking around the world!I started running out of gas around 80 miles into this ride (not including the 33 miles I did earlier in the day) I kept thinking about a Denny's grand slam breakfast. I even texted Kayla and told her that's what I wanted.I pulled into Fallon, NV around 8:00 p.m. This section of the ride was 93.5 miles. The total for the day was 126.5 miles.There are no Denny's in Fallon but there is a Jerry's and it was wonderful!
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