Today we were scheduled for a mere 80 miles, but it turned out to be almost 100. The ride was really great, and we paced at about an average of 20 mph. It was mostly rolling hills, with a lot of downhills in the morning.
I think today we encountered the most mechanical problems of the trip. Two guys had their tires blows out (Josh was able to fix his), and Dan Wallace had some early problems with his brakes that I was able to help him fix.
We ate lunch on the road at a giant pavilion for farming equipment. We had tortillas, lunch meat and salad all wrapped up. It was surprisingly good, and kept us going for the last 25 miles. We rolled into Shoshone around 3:00, and found a very economically depressed town. It just seems like the next generation completely moved out.
We are staying at the local senior center, and some ladies were nice enough to come and cook us dinner. It was the first dinner that was well rounded (we had potatoes, chicken, broccoli, rolls, etc). It was great, and then we went out for some ice cream.
On another note, the Texas 4,000 is also staying in Shoshone tonight. They ride about 4,000 miles from Austin, TX to Alaska to raise money for cancer. It’s just another example of people combining a great pastime for a truly worthy cause.
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