This is why I do this.
As I was leaving Enid on my way home, I saw this in my rearview mirror and had to stop and take a picture. There’s a lot of beauty in this country, if we just take the time to look at it. This is why I ride long distance. You see more beauty in 3 days than you normally would in a year. Its all around. Open your eyes and take a look.
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Picked up a hitcher
I guess this explains why my front tire is losing air. I’m going to leave it for now because the devil you known is better than the devil you don’t know. I could plug it but if the plug doesn’t seal it could leak worse. I know I can deal with it like it is now ans since this is the last day I don’t want to risk it.
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Day 2 summary
Well the day started off nice but windy in Vegas. Then as I got closer to salt lake it got cold, so I put on my first layer of cold gear. Then it got colder and started raining. It was cold enough I could see my breath, so I put on my second layer of cold gear. With rain, adding clothes, traffic and construction I was about 2 hours behind where I wanted to be. And since I climbed to over 7000 feet for most of the day, I kept all the cold gear on all day. It was cold but I wasn’t shivering or anything so it was tolerable. It didn’t warm up until I came down to about 4000 feet in Ogallala, Nebraska, which is where I decided to call it a night. I only rode 1000 miles today, which is about 200 short of what I was hoping for. I got kinda lost a couple of times too looking for a gas station. You have to really think about gas out here cause there are stretches of 50-60 miles with no stations at all.
Life lesson from day 2 – if you think your tire is low, don’t assume you’re wrong. Check it. Better to waste a few minutes checking a good tire than ruining a $250 tire because it was low.
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Hard day today
Not going to blog as much as yesterday. With the wind, construction, and mechanical issues I didn’t get as far as I’d hoped. Made the daily goal but not as far as I wanted. I also have to make up the two hours I’m losing by heading east and I suspect the weather will play a part today too. And of course I already had to lose time dealing with my bank card. Had to call and make sure the travel notification I put on it yesterday is in affect. So there will be a lot if gas and go’s today.
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Sorry about the duplicates and out of sequence posts. Im still learning how to use this app and I don’t always have a signal, so it can’t upload. I’m getting better though.
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Good morning day 2
Had a good solid 4 hours sleep. Set the alarm for 5 hours but woke up early and decided to get moving.
Lessons from day 1
Use sunscreen early
Electronics fail, then fix themselves for no apparent reason, be flexible
Of your butt is hurting, wait 500 miles and it will go numb
Went 1200 miles yesterday, looking for another 1200 or more today so I get finished early enough to come home Saturday night (an extra 5 hour ride).
I’m off to SLC. Looks like it might be cold an wet there. Good thing I brought lots of cold gear. Its still really windy here in the desert though.
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Good morning day 2
After a good solid 4 hours of sleep I’m getting ready to hit the road again. I set my alarm to give me 5 hours but woke up before it and couldn’t go back to sleep cause I was anxious to get rolling again so I just got up.
The goals for today are to hit SLC by around noon and to cover at least 1200-1300 miles today. That way I only have about 500 left and can get in early enough Saturday to just ride home Saturday night.
Looks like it might be a cold day. Highs in the 60s and 53% chance of rain around SLC. Good thing I brought cold gear. Of course its really warm in Vegas even during the night.
I’ll keep you posted on how its going.
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What a day, and an eventful evening
OK so first off I have to apologize for not having pics of either Hoover dam or of Vegas. About 10 miles outside of King man, a woman pulls up next to me (this road has NO lights btw) and rolls down her window and starts trying to tell me something. Since I couldn’t hear her and I figured she might be hitting on me, I decided to pull over. Turns out, my tail light was out and I was practically invisible from behind. I wasn’t going backwards the 10 miles and the next town was 40 miles ahead, so she offered to stay behind me so I wouldn’t get run over until we got someplace I could fix it. So I lost probably at least an hour figuring it out, finding a temporary solution (flashlight with red shop rag strapped to the luggage rack), and then running around looking for someplace open that carried the bulb. Walmart of course had it and is always open.
So now its 11:30 pacific time and I’ve been up since 3:30am central time (I’ll save you the math, its 22 hours). I wanted to get out of Vegas before stopping but the closest hotel is 40 miles away and it was full. Then they go to around 100 miles away and I’m not good for that right now. So I ended up at Comfort inn in Vegas, but I’m at the north end of town so I can get our quickly.
I covered just over 1200 miles today. Tomorrow its on to salt lake city and then turning east again.
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Finally I get to turn north.
Finally made it to kingman and am turning north to Vegas. I’ll try to stop and take a pic of the Hoover dam and the Vegas strip. Whether I stop or not will depend on how I feel. Right now my butt is numb but I feel fine.
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