{"id":553,"date":"2009-07-10T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=553"},"modified":"2025-01-23T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T20:29:19","slug":"day-33-eureka-nv-to-ely-nv-my-first-thunderstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"Day 33 \u2013 Eureka, NV to Ely, NV \u2013 My First Thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"

81 miles in 8 hours \u2013 Max speed 37mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

I woke up in the morning and took advantage of my first free breakfast of the trip. The Best Western had one, and I was going to be damned if I wasn’t going to try to eat $95 worth of food. I think I came fairly close.<\/p>\n

Anyway, after eating, I headed out and towards Ely. I knew that this was a tough day, both because of the length, 78 miles with no services, and because of the numerous mountain passes, four, including three over 7300 feet.<\/p>\n

Once I got out on the road though, it was more of the same to start with. I had a pass immediately, and then had a fairly nice downhill before climbing up to the second, and smallest pass of the day. <\/p>\n

\"Pass<\/a>

Pass #1<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Nevada\"<\/a>

Nevada<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Route<\/a>

Route 50<\/p><\/div>\n

\"More<\/a>

More Nevada<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pass<\/a>

Pass #2<\/p><\/div>\n

That is when I noticed something bad had rolled in.<\/p>\n