Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Ely NV - Baker NV - Milford Utah

Monday we headed out of Ely, Nevada, initially with plans to go to Piochet NV, which was 104 miles. However we faced a very strong headwind, with gusts so bad that at times we had to stop and walk the bikes going up some of the summits. Based on the winds, we revised the schedule and instead went to Baker, Nevada. We got there, 64 hard miles later. We got a hotel in Baker ok, but found out that, of the two resturants in town, one had closed due to lack of supplies, the other resturant's cook had quit. So we ended up with no dinner and no breakfast. After rummaging throughout the general store, which was also painfully low on supplies, we were able to get some sustinence from the local store, and had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner, and cereal for breakfast. We were out the door the next morning at 4:45 am, in an attempt to beat the winds. We crossed the state line into Utah at about 5:15 am, and did 84 miles, going to Milford Utah. We crossed three summits, fortunately this time the wind switched and was with us, and we got into Milford by about 1:00 pm.

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