We were both tired and needed to rest. I broke down and started to cry when I saw yet another hill to climb on top of the fact that it began to rain on us. We became frantic as we descended the hill we just climbed thinking we were going in the wrong direction. Once we arrived all was well.
From
Lance Armstrong is in
Now Trappers Loop was just that, "a TRAP". This was the gnarliest hill to climb. I was dehydrated and was feeling it in my thighs!! I had to hike the bike up the entire hill pretty much. Broke down crying again!
I know, WOS is a cry baby, but these hills are hard and with an uneven load on my bike, it is even harder.
This is the day we did Trappers Loop through Mountain Green to
Finally, Morgan to Heber, UT via Freeway 84S, Freeway 80W, Highway 40E 62Mi.
Riding on the Freeway is a lot easier than riding on the old highways in terms of grade, distance and road quality. The noise was greater, more road debris and a lot more dangerous with cars and trucks speeding past you at 70+ mph every 2-5 seconds.
There was still a grade issue in that there was one, but the biggest issue has to be the head winds that we were experiencing from the East. This makes it extremely difficult to pedal.
The morning started off with a flat tire on my rear wheel. We were out of my size tire tube, so Vesper used on of his tubes. This lasted about 10 miles. Another flat, used his other tube which lasted till we were 3 miles away from our destination in
A nice young couple stopped for us who had two empty bike racks on the rear of there car. Kailie (Spelling) and Kevin? I believe were there names, gave me a ride into town to the Wal-Mart where I was to then wait for Vesper to ride down the hill to meet me. It didn't take him long since the ride was all down hill.
The Wal-Mart did not have my tire size with the Presta valve!! We were stuck! The only other place to get my tire size was closed on Sunday and was to open the next day at .
We were forced to get a hotel. $50.18. It was nice sleeping in a bed and having a television to watch.
Today,
Went to Bike store, got tubes, pump, patch kit, valve adaptor and placed an order for a front pannier set for my bike. This will enable my bike to ride easier with better balance. It had to be done otherwise; I would never be able to make it across the
We could really use some donations. My SSD is going to be $114 less than normal because of Medicare and funds are running out. We are hoping to make it to
Until another library,
Thanks for reading,
Woman of Scars
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