Nevada is very desolate and insanely beautiful. Mtn ranges run N/S, with these huge endless valleys in between. You can see all the way across the valleys as the road just stretches out before you.
Karina and I rode almost 70 miles into a constant 30 mph wind. There were gusts above 50 mph and one of those actually picked the front of my bike up off the road momentarilly. Fortunately the traffic along Rt 50 is sparse, so aside from local excitement there was no dire consequence.
This lovely wind was the leading in of a cold front, so my worries about it being too hot to ride during the day - not a problem. Temp tonight may get into the 40's; it was only high 50's for a lot of the ride today.
OK, so there is a nice long decent into one of these valleys that is maybe 10 miles across. We were having to pedal in the lowest climbing gear, downhill, uggh! It took well over an hour to cross that one valley. It says something about something when it is easier to pedal up a mountain (not to mention preferable).
Tomorrow the wind should ease back a bit as we head off on our own south to Walker Lake (getting closer tu Yosemite, CA,and the last couple of hundred miles of the trip.
We ran into Rupert again tonight at dinner in Austin. Met him first back just as we got into CO. It's great, sort of like reconnecting with family.
We won't see Ken and Mike now until Bodega Bay, just a couple of days before the trip finish. They decided to travel via Reno, Tahoe, and Napa, while K and me are choosing Yosemite and that route.
Good night.
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