Friday, July 18, 2008

Sea-to-Sea NA Day 19 Finally we have a lake to swim in at our overnight campsite. Part of the Great Salt Lake they tell me but it is not salty! Rocky Mountains behind and lake in front, nice you say? Only the I84 and the seemingly ever-present main railway line right beside us to spoil the evening. Better that than ride an extra 20 km into a nice secluded site in the mountains, I suppose. It has been another day of 95 F, the light wind mostly against us, down straight country highways with hardly anything on them. One sight we had today was a very large industrial lot of many building spread out all over several 1000 acres. I already suspected some kind of explosives operation and when we came to the front entrance, some 5-6 km later, it turned out to be a ATK company operation making rocket engines and I suppose charging them with fuel as well. There was only one small town 80km into the ride and we had a late morning coffee there along with our early lunch. After that it was hard to get back up to cruising speed for the last 25km. Passing through Bingham City along a cypress tree lined street was nice, the first shade we had biked through in over a week! Average speed 25 kph for 105km. Tomorrow we won’t talk or think about, Salt Lake City and the high mountain pass to finish the week, until tomorrow.

1 comment:

Theo Grootenboer said...

Hi from Theo & Marriet. We are enjoying your blog and pictures. Last night we camped in your yard on Quinte Island as we were attending a wedding in the County. The house looks "good".
Marriet says, she prays for you every day when she rides her bike around town here (sometimes it is with thanksgiving that she is not riding with you!)
God Bless.