Tuesday, 15Jun10, Wendover, NV
Today was a marvelous day! Adella finished her 1st Century ride. (106 miles) and she did it with all the following challenges … a monster climb, prevailing southerly cross winds, along with rain, etc., etc.
Yet she did it … I’m so proud of her … it was a tough ride today and she came out a winner!
We rode through some really pretty scenery today … and … that’s probably the “greenest” that I’ve seen the desert in a long time!
Check outAdella’s pictures on Facebook … especially my encounter with a “sidewinder” snake … it was so cool looking and still alive when I took the pictures, although it was last seen headed from the freeway traffic … I’m not sure if it’s still alive now because there were lots of big trucks passing by us.
106 miles with hills, rain, and heavy cross winds have a way of “taking a toll” on your body … boy am I beat tonight.
Yet … we have to get up early tomorrow 3:30 a.m. because of the time change … so we can be on the road by 6:04 a.m. because we have another century … 116 miles into the airport at Salt Lake City … so it all depends on the predicted storm and which way the winds are blowing … if they are “westerly” from the west … it means that we will have a “tailwind” … so I’m praying that the “wind Gods” will be nice to us.
Then finally a “rest day” although we have several blood drives scheduled for the Salt Lake City area and even will be able to visit some of the local children in “Primary’s Children” hospital in SLC.
So it looks like we’ll be very busy on our “rest day”.
Talk to you soon.