June 7, 2008
Day 7
Lovelock, NV to Winnemucca, NV
Distance: 73.5
Weather: Cold (really cold) in the mooring. Warmed to about 65 degrees

Dear Friends and Family,

While the millage was certainly doable, the wind (about 15mp to 18 mph) right smack dab in the nose made this a most difficult day. We joined five other riders for a pack with a double pace line to work against the wind which helped a bunch. Amy was the on woman in the pack so everyone sort of adopted her and worked to shelter her from the wind. The group included riders from New Zealand, Tasmania, Trinidad, and Ireland, A picture above shows the group at the finish.

The ride was very much like yesterday with vast stretches of absolutely NOTHING for as far as the eye could see. We've never been to Montana so we can't speak to what big sky country looks like but this is really something. This country is HUGE.

For the entire ride we never came across another city, town, village, hamlet, store or stray dog. We did see a sign “lots for sale”. The lots must have been for 1,000 acres for the smallest one.

You'll also see a picture of the local gas station. I guess the price of gas was a bit too much for the owner.

That's it for today.

Send good vibes for tomorrow. We climb again which is pretty tough.

John and Amy