Woke up early and chowed down on some yogurt and granola. Unfortunately, my attempt to repair my sleeping pad made it worse! Didn’t sleep great because I was on the ground every 45 minutes
Had a pretty easy ride into Fallon, where we chowed down at a brewpub
Loaded up on groceries as this is the last town of more than 1k people for 250 miles
Stopped to see some cool petroglyphs from 7000 years ago while fighter jets performed high-speed maneuvers above our heads
Had a looong ride to reach middlegate station – but the views have been amazing!
We got drizzled on a bit, which was refreshing. So far the temperatures have been pretty great.. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s
Middlegate station is amazing! An old pony express stop way out in the middle of nowhere, it’s now a bar/restaurant/store/motel/campground. The food is amazing, and the folks here are super friendly
A local said that this is the greenest she’s seen the desert in 10 years – my reason for doing this route this year is panning out!
We met a west-bounder today riding from salt lake city to sf. Recon is that our road is about to get a much better shoulder.. It hasn’t been bad though, there’s only like 1 car every 5-10 minutes
Today we are climbing into some mountains over Carroll summit
