Arriving just before 6am for breakfast meant we were served fairly promptly for an order off the menu meal. The place was about a mile back up the road!
At about 6-10am, we set off under a clear blue sky with little wind. The road wound down through a gorge for miles. There were again many Rockies riders out early!
Sag 1 at 36 miles we not there. Shortly afterwards, I caught the Santana tandem but they raced away downhill so I cruised with a HR of 110-130. As the Rockies turned right, we climbed a fairly steep hill and the tandem was gone.
A long and steep descent into Carson City resulted in my speedo sitting effortlessly on 32-33mph for a few miles.
After Carson City, the mountains were gone and huge plains opened up. The road rolled along and a gentle tail wind to no wind to a touch of head wind led to the next non-existent sag at 73 miles.
From there, it was more of the same and I arrived at the hotel at 10-30am! This was too early so I cruised around a bit and was then told no rooms till 2pm! I suggested they might like to try and we finally got a room about 12pm after drinking many glasses of their free orange juice and reading the paper.
The total inter-town ride was 93.4 miles with an average of 22.0mph in 4hrs 14m with a max of 44.9mph on some good roads.
Dinner was at Western Sizzlin (sic) and was a full buffet plus trout or chicken or steak plus bottomless drinks. A great feed all round!
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