Day 12…Milford to Cedar City
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We slept in the Lions Club town park last night. The price is right…free! Most of the sites are for RV’s though, covered with gravel. But there was a beautiful lawn next to the RV sites. I set up my tent there. Jerry and Dick decided to sleep on the concrete under the pavilion because of the “unknown sprinkler system schedule”. I decided to roll the dice and enjoy a nice sleep on the lawn.
About 5 am I heard the sprinklers in an adjacent field. I quickly packed up my gear and got off the lawn ASAP. About 10 minutes later the field exploded with water gushing everywhere! Great timing on my part. There was even a sprinkler head right where my tent was located!
We rode together to Minersville, the next town on the way to Cedar City. We had a cold drink and I headed up the pass, putting some miles on between myself and the gang.
Once I crested the summit, I could see Cedar City in the distance. The heat and wind began to build, and before you know it I was battling Mother Nature. It seemed to take forever, and I rolled into town about 5 hours after I started. I got another cold drink and passed out on a lawn waiting for Dick and Jerry.
Once they rolled into town we found a nice campsite at KOA…right next to the highway! It had all the amenities though, and we got some wash done and had a nice dinner at a Mexican restaurant.
We rolled off 57 miles today…my average speed was 10.1 MPH.
-Rick