Day 11

Day 11 was from Ely to Baker Nevada where we doubled the population of the town. Literally. So today we enjoyed a lovely breakfast but something was different for me with the 65 mile day. I saw it from the other side, there crew side.

I was racked for the day to recover and I road with Sam, a crew member for the day. This was fun to see it from the other side and see how much effort the crew puts into helping is along the way. Now we arrived to the town where there was very little, but with a little town came a refreshing sight.

At lodging we ended up napping for a while until one of the crew members hit the fire alarm and set it it off, by mistake of course. We went for a stream activity which was a tour of the Lehman caves. It was very interesting and fun, but most guys were in love with the fact they had cheap and amazing ice cream there. Afterwards we took a ride 10,000 feet up to take a team photo in front of the huge mountains behind us.

We had dinner with the towns people of Baker and they were really amazing. They had some amazing food and gave us a small lecture on waster supply in Nevada and the issues that are arising. We went back to lodging and enjoyed a night of no cell phone service. Sadly that meant families were in the dark today. Tomorrow we ride into Utah!