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Day 12: Salt Lake City

Today’s Highlights: We had our first rest day of the trip after riding for eleven days in a row. My primary goal for today was to not sit on anything hard. Mission accomplished. I slept late – until 6:00 am. … Continue reading

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Day 11: Wendover NV to Salt Lake City UT

Today’s Highlights:We had another epic day on our cross-country journey! We covered 118 miles from the Nevada-Utah border to Salt Lake City. We are on Mountain Time now, although it doesn’t matter much since we really operate on sunshine time. … Continue reading

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Day 10: Elko to Wendover

Today’s Highlights:We had another early start today, on our bikes at 6am. It was a cool 60 degrees and we had a nice tailwind to help us cruise along with ease. It was a great start to our longest ride … Continue reading

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Day 9: Battle Mountain to Elko

Today’s Highlights:In order to beat the afternoon heat for today’s 75-mile ride, we were up before 4:30 am, had breakfast at 5 am, and where on our bikes before 6:00. A thunder storm had blown through the region last night, … Continue reading

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