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Yay! You made it through the first day! I sure love it up there.
3 years agoHi,
You must still be a young buck. If I drank that much beer before bedtime, I wouldn’t get much sleep!
Cheers,
Keith
Hi Greg,
Wheat STRAW. The good part is already gone to make donuts and wonder bread. But, yes, that’s a big pile of bales. Never saw one like that in North Dakota or Minnesota for that matter.
Cheers,
Keith
Don't go wishing such things on yourself!
3 years agoThe new tent has a slight improvement in all of those things. It remains to be seen how well it does in a driving rain storm.
3 years agoFour pounds lighter! It looks like head room is good. How is tent entry/exit? Set up time?
3 years agoNot just once across Nevada, but TWICE? You are the Desolation King!
3 years agoI've ridden across Nevada twice, one time coming south from Oregon and then taking most of US50, and the other time using US6 and NV375 (the "Extraterrestrial Highway"). For anyone who likes desolation (as I do), Nevada has the most desolate desolation I've ever seen. It's not the kind of place where there's something interesting around every corner, like Monument Valley; it's the kind of place that has no corners. I really enjoyed both trips and hope to go back again. But it's not really practical for an all-motels trip, the towns are just a little too far apart for just about anyone.
3 years agoMonument Valley is totally doable if you hit it on a good wind day. We’ve gone both directions. Heading south has the better views, by far.
In 2020, leaving Kayenta, the wind was so strong we thought we would have to walk to the corner. We made it! From there, it was a very strong tailwind all the way to Mexican Hat.
Some days blend together. Monument Valley will always be a stand out. Just like the Palouse for you!
I'm afraid of those long expanses of Nevada too. I have confidence in my cycling, and my water conservation skills, and my ability to go long distances without food, and I like to camp, but damn, that big stretch of Nevada freaks me out. But I REALLY want to do Monument Valley some day.
3 years agoReading how you like emptiness - have you ever done any of the Western Express? I've been looking at a route for next year called the Four Eurekas, because it goes through four towns named Eureka - in Utah, Nevada, Washington, and Montana.
I'm probably going to abandon the idea because the Nevada part is too difficult for me - four days of ~80 mile days with 4,000ish feet of climbing per day . . . I could do one of those but four? More fun than I can handle.
Unfortunately, the only other west/east route for Nevada is the interstate . . .
But, if you want wide open - that's your area! That and Monument Valley in Navajo Nation - also the Highway 141 area of Colorado. I tried to link that here, but maybe I can't link in messages, or maybe I just don't know how . . .
Jerry Harp says his ride through eastern Washington was the absolute best day of his cycling career.
My fillings seem to be okay, but I think my brain matter got jogged around a bit.
3 years agoI have a friend who drives his bike to the end of his dirt driveway. Just sayin’! Cheaper than new fillings at the dentist!
3 years agoThanks Rocky. I know you have a direct hotline to the gods, so I appreciate your support.
3 years ago
I’m so relieved that Jim isn’t a human friend!
3 years ago