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Day 57 07/19/21
Ely, NV to Eureka, NV – 70 miles, 10.8 mph, 3787 ft elevation gain Going to start my posts with: “The Final Countdown”. According to my best calculations! Today’s miles: 69.09Total Miles: 3250.69Total Miles to go: 530.33 Another awesome Nevada day. These mountains are really growing on me. We started a wee bit earlier than…
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Day 56 07/18/21
Baker, NV to Ely, NV – 65mi, 11mph, 4485 ft elevation gain Awesome Nevada day. Big climbing miles. Pleased with my average. Gotta be honest. I caught a tail wind going up the last 6 miles. That certainly helped. We are in Ely. I rode about 10 miles west of this town. I’m in these…
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Day 55 07/17/21
Milford, UT + 40 miles to Baker, NV – 51.87 miles, 12.7 mph, 1497 ft elevation gain Fantastic day. 51+ miles today. Cooler temps. Please keep praying these temps stay down. We made it to Nevada and are about 15 miles into the state. We are hunkered down in Baker. Not much here. BIG climbs…
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Day 54 07/16/21
Enoch, UT +21 miles to Milford, Ut +40 miles in the Wah Wah Mountains – 63 miles, 10.6mph, 3332 ft elevation gain Great last full day in Utah. Got over 3/13 mountains that are coming my way. Staying in Milford, UT. God willing we will hit Nevada mid day tomorrow.
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Day 53 – 07/15/21
Between Enoch, UT and Minersville, UT – 22 miles, 9.9mph, 1211 ft elevation gain Short day. 21.63 miles. We visited Zion National Park. I am going to be completely honest. Extremely disappointed after everything we have seen and been through in this state. Park staff were extremely rude to guests and the park was packed.…
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Day 52 – 07/14/21
Panguitch, UT to Enoch, UT – 73.85 miles, 9.5mph, 5345 ft elevation gain My last time over 10,000. Today’s climb was beautiful. It reminded me so much of my Colorado. Would you believe I had to sit in the truck TWICE to warm up this morning? We started at 50 degrees. I got chilled from…
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Day 51 – 07/13/21
Day Off – Bryce Canyon National Park Beyond fun rest day. Jocelynn and I checked out Bryce National Park. All I can say is put this on your bucket list if you have never visited. We met some incredible folks and were able to witness with Gods story in my life. I am just beyond…
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Day 50 – 07/12/21
Escalate, UT to Panguitch, UT – 71mi, 9.5mph, 5435ft elevation gain Well. Prayers answered. Look at how my day began. These rocks were placed outside of my camper door. Remember my fears? Well. I conquered them. God knew I needed this message this morning. Insanely great day. I’ve been quite emotional. Ever since my momma…
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Day 49 – 07/11/21
Fruita, UT, to almost to Escalate, UT, – 51mi , 6306ft elevation gain Phew. Not sure how to describe today. We left Capitol Reef overlook this morning before sunrise and headed for Escalante. I cycled up to 9600 in elevation again. I had over 30 miles of climbing and many of them at 8-11% grade.…
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Day 48 – 07/10/21
Hanksville, UT to Fruita, UT – 57 miles, 11.4mph, 3027 ft elevation gain Awesome day of CLIMBING. Got 57 miles and by my calculations I have 998.5 to get to the coast. I rode through Capitol Reef National Park most of the day. Just unreal how this exists. I feel like I am on another…