June 6, Day 6

June 6, 2008
Sparks, NV to Lovelock, NV
Distance: 92.20 Miles
Temperature: Lovely

Dear All,

Today was long, but at least it was flat and at times we had a reasonable tailwind (and at times a headwind). The beautiful mountains turned into incredible flatlands of salt fields and sagebrush. We rode almost 77 miles on I-80. After a while you become used to the trucks and the further out we got the less traffic. Every once in a while while we were stopped for a rest, a trucker would give us a “howdy” horn and a wave. On the other hand every once in a while they would come right onto the white line and that's a bit nerve wracking.

For the entire 77 miles there was virtually no services. The distances out here are unbelievable. There is simply nothing for as far as the eye can see. As the picture of Amy above indicates there is simply nothing out there.

We would have thought that the lack of green would make everything less than attractive, but the open plain is, in its own way, quite pretty. Every once in a while you see some crazy signs. We've shown a couple of them above. We're still sort of trying to get our arms around fog freezing out here, but anything is possible.

At one point John decided that it made sense to use a different type of two wheeled vehicle. The problem was the owner just wouldn't go for the swap of his two wheeler and John's two wheeler.

Dinner tonight in a casino. We'll try to stay away from the tables.

At any event,we made it.

Talk to you soon. Don't know if there is WiFi tomorrow.

Take care all. Send good vibes.

Amy and John