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Eureka, NV to Ely, NV Distance: 70 miles Ride Time: 6:52 Average Speed: 10.2 mph Altitude Gain: 4048 feet Average Temperature: 86 Today was just plain hard. Like yesterday I fought strong head winds. It seemed like all the time I had to keep pedaling hard, even on the downhill. It was hard to keepContinue reading “Friday, June 12, 2020”

Austin, NV to Eureka, NV Distance: 70 miles Riding Time: 5:42 Bad head wind Average Speed: 12.3 miles Altitude Gain: 2676 The man that was camped next to us last night said that the switch backs just behind our campground would be a hard way to start the day. The man was right. The switchbacksContinue reading “Thursday, June 11, 2020”

Fallon, NV to Austin, NV Distance: 116 miles Riding Time: 9:13 Average Speed: 12.5 Altitude Gain: 4895 Feet Today I started out early because of the length of the trip and I also wanted to beat the heat of the day. I was worried because of the sun being right into the eyes of anyoneContinue reading “Wednesday, June 10, 2020”

Distance: 62 miles from Carson City, NV to Fallon, NV Today my map sent me through a back way out of Carson City. It worked out well, but had me concerned a little. I missed meeting Kathie for lunch but had cell phone coverage and we planned another location. We met at a reservoir andContinue reading “Tuesday, June 9, 2020”

Distance 71 miles, Folsom to Ham’s Station, CA Riding Time: 7:26 Average Speed: 9.5 mph Altitude Gain: 7902 Ft Maximum Speed: 45 mph Our night at the Sam’s Club parking lot worked out well. No one interrupted us and we were gone before the store opened. My Bryton cycling computer has been locked up forContinue reading “Saturday, June 6, 2020”

We have been unable to determine if they will let us bring our bikes on the ferry. We got there early enough to ask and were told we can bring our own bikes with no charge. That was a real blessing as I didn’t see any bike rental shops open. As we entered we wereContinue reading “Thursday, June 4, 2020”

Our plan for today was to go to San Francisco by way of the ferry from Vallejo. When I checked the schedule this morning, I found that because of the Corona Virus, they only run twice in the morning and twice in the evening. It is first come, first serve. We have been unable toContinue reading “Wednesday, June 3, 2020”

Distance: 57 miles Vacaville, CA to Folsom, CA Elevation Gain: 534 ft Today begins our first day where we will be moving to a new location every day. As we were pulling out of our RV park, I noticed the screen map on my Garmin was not centering. As I rode I would ride rightContinue reading “Friday, June 5, 2020”