First three miles were downhill, yet somehow, I was tired. There was a small 4 mile valley in between where I basically slowpoked my way over to the next mountain pass. Guess I didn't get enough sleep.
Anyway, it was either the Granola bar or the energy drink that I had, but all of a sudden, I sped up the mountain at about 9 mph and made it up there in no time. There was a small pass a bit afterwards, but that posed no problem.
The headwinds rolled in when I hit the bottom of the mountain pass. (I know, I always talk about these winds, but they always come at me) They got to be so bad that I just couldn't continue. Moral in myself was at an all time low. Luckily, it was about 2 and I saw a small little station called Cold Springs. They had amazing pizza and wifi! I basically stayed there for about six hours hoping that the wind would go down but to no avail.
Six hours later, I left again into the wind but I was so pumped for some reason. For the next 20 miles, I pedaled at a rate of 16 mph. I was really hoping to make it to the campsite in about an hour because it was already starting to get dark.
Got to Middlegate station at around 9 and I had their spare ribs for dinner. It was probably the best I had since...Cheeseburgers.
Time outside: 12 hours
Austin, NV >> Middlegate, NV
(Trees?!)
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