Schwing! We have made it to state number 7 out of 9 when entering Utah today! We camped out at a really sweet reservoir campsite last night and got to enjoy one of our first desert sunsets (and sunrises). A lot of the group decided to get up early this morning and hit the road to beat some 100 degree weather and afternoon headwinds that would slow us down. The first gang headed out the door around 6 am while I hit the road around 7 am. This was after downing some delicious pancakes with bananas and blueberry syrup from Don's Diner.
The morning ride was a lot of fun as we hit some rolling hills (max speed of 41 mph) and were able to knock out 30 miles by 10 am while averaging just over 17 mph. Post chocolate milk and 6-7 mini lemon poppyseed muffins I hit the road again to nail my second flat tube of the trip!! :( This was a bummer as it put me behind the group I was riding with, but all is good as the scenery was beautiful and the town we stopped in had a delicious milkshake restaurant and a sweet sandwich/juice shop called the Peace Tree Juice Cafe.
The last 20 miles of our trip were fairly windy, but we were again blessed with some pretty views and a sweet downhill into the valley where Blanding is located. One interesting tidbit about most of the pictures you are checking out on my blog - a lot of the scenery pics are taken while actually riding my bike! They are pretty sweet quality and not blurry to be taken while pedaling along...
Watch out for a new BUS4MS 2010 video on YouTube as Don hopes to have it done today or most likely tomorrow. I will definitely post a link to it once it is available!
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