50 miles in 4.16 hours – Max Speed 31mph
I got up at around 8 and laid around for a little before showering and splitting – Francis and Brian were having a zero day in Fallon, so I left them and moved on. I went back into town to get breakfast, and then started the 48 mile ride to Middlegate with no services.
The town of Salt Wells
This ride was extremely remote, but the temperature was perfect, maybe 75. The remoteness was wonderful as well.
People use the rocks on the side of the road to write out messages.
Nevada
The night before my dad told me that he thought that most of the water in Nevada was good for drinking. I don't know why exactly he thought this, but I laughed, as this pink gross stuff is the first water I saw the next day.
You may be wondering what exactly a 'sand mountain' looks like.
Well there you go. Note the RV's in the lower right hand corner for scale.
Pass
Okay. So there were a ton of these, and I really enjoyed reading them, so I made sure to take pictures of good enough quality so you could read all of them too. Ignore them if you wish, but I think they are interesting.
Historical Sign
Pass, with Nevada in the background.
I got to Middlegate at around 3pm, and sat around and chatted with the locals for a few hours.
Tying my noble ride to the hitching post.
Middlegate
The highlight was definitely playing Jeopardy with them when it came on TV. I then pulled out my computer, and updated my blog for quite a few hours while everyone else played instruments and sang songs. The town was very cool and a good time. And the campsite was the right price… free! Thanks to everyone there for showing such hospitality.
Sorry for no pictures of the inside of the bar and of the locals. I think it is sort of rude to go into someone’s dwelling (which the bar more or less was) and to take a lot of pictures.
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