Saturday, 19Jun10, Price, Utah
What an interesting ride today!
Adella didn’t get much sleep last night because she took a very late phone call from a “friend”, which means I didn’t get much sleep either.
So when we woke up today we were very tired … yet … John P. who helped us co-ordinate our appearances at the blood drives over the last 2 days … was invited to ride part of the day with us. (He decided to ride with us this morning up Hiwy 6 to where the wind turbines were and we had a great time riding with him. (in fact we rode very close to his home)
The closer we cycled to Hiwy 6 … the windier it got … and I mean really windy. (I guess that’s why they decided to put wind turbines there, eh?)
We took a couple of pictures with John and then he turned back toward home and we continued onward up the Spanish Fork valley and climbed the mountain, 4-6 percent grade and a 5-6 mile climb and it seemed to go on and on. Basically it was exhausting … must have been the busy day yesterday coupled with the lack of sleep.
Adella was so exhausted she was falling asleep on the bike … so she opted to ride in the SAG wagon for awhile. Good decision on her part.
Even though I was exhausted I continued to ride, finished another 6 mile climb of 4-6 percent climb and then I hooked up with Robert and Don … after I caught my 2nd wind … we had a blast because Robert was stopping to take pictures and shoot takes for his documentary that he is putting together. We had some very long downhills that would have been great except for the 15-20 mph wind that made it very difficult to enjoy the downhill part of the ride.
One place we stopped was at the Hilltop Country Service store … an old time general store that was founded by Orrin Elmer who knew and was a friend of Butch Cassidy, they even had a old time picture of them together. The owner was still alive back in 1996 when Aaron and I rode through the area … sadly he died last year … his granddaughter, Amanda, is now caretaker of the store. Check out the pictures that we took at the store … it was fun to visit the store and hear the stories about her grandfather and
great grandfather.
Then we continued to ride to the Holiday Inn in Price … showered up, had route rap, mechanix honor, and then had an excellent dinner.
We are looking forward to riding to Green Valley tomorrrow … only 60 miles!
Talk to you soon.