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| WOW! What a scorcher! I think we were all under the impression that today would be easy... Little did we know we were to cross 2 mountain passes, all while facing the fiercest heat of the trip. I was behind from the start since I asked to be vanned the first 6 "bonus miles" of gravel back to the main road. (At this point, I'm boycotting gravel because it tears up my body and it tears up my bike.) Then, Erika ended up getting 3 flats. As she was changing the 2nd flat I all of sudden almost passed out. My vision went white and fuzzy and I had to immediately sit down on the side of the road to rehydrate and eat before getting back on my bike. I was pretty scared that the heat was going to beat me up bad. But I was able to continue. By the time she changed her 3rd flat, sweep was upon us. We made it to lunch an hour after the previous group had cleared out. After lunch though the road flattened out and we only had to bike faster than the storm that was chasing us. |
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| The first of 2 mountain passes that we biked today was Drinkwater Pass at 4,212 feet. |
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| I have no idea what the name of the second pass was but it was at 4,848 feet. See how lazy I was, taking pictures from my bike instead of getting off to pose. |
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| This is seriously my favorite sign ever. When I see this sign, my whole world lights up. Downhills are glorious. |
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| Erika and I ended up racing a storm the last 20 miles into town. We experienced some serious crosswinds and were being blown from the edge of the shoulder toward the rumble strip. I thought for sure that we would get stuck in the rain but we made it to the host just in time. The other groups that made it in ahead of us didn't have to bike through the crosswinds. Naturally... The last groups always experience the worst weather. On the other hand, the first groups did have to bike through the raging sun whereas we had cloud cover and wind to cool us down. |
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| Burns is so cute! Almost every 500 feet are spray painted bicycles decorating the trees and street lights. |
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| I played the video lottery for the first time in my life. I literally had no idea what I was doing... I only did it for the experience and I ended up just pressing buttons and walking away $1 poorer. |
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| There are 2 white cats that live in the local bookstore! Can I always live in a city that has bookstore cats, please? Or a cat cafe. Or something cats?! |
The Catty Corner:
Logan: "So where's the best place to experience the night life here?"
Lodge Bartender: "HAH!"
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