Day 5…Woodford to Fallon, NV
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After yesterday’s winds, we weren’t sure what to expect this morning. Jerry looked out the window at about 7 and commented on the fog up the mountain. That weren’t no fog Jerry…that’s snow!
Within a half hour, there was three inches on the ground and it was cold! Regardless, we took off about 8:30. Once we dropped down about 500 feet in altitude, the snow was gone, but the cold remained. We were bundled up, so it wasn’t too bad.
We had a great breakfast at Genoa General Store shortly after entering Nevada. We pushed north with a tailwind sometimes, headwinds other. We made our intended destination by 1 pm or so, way too early to stop. We had a quick lunch and I called my niece, who graduated today form RIT…congrats again Kate!
We pushed on with favorable winds through the Nevada salt flats to Silver Springs. The building formerly known as a motel was boarded up, so we were not staying there! Jerry took the leash off me and gave me my marching orders…head for Fallon and secure a motel room! We were pushing a lot of miles today, and we were looking for a good meal, decent beds, laundry and a hot tub.
I covered the last eight miles into Fallon at about 26 mph…not bad for a load weighing in at over 50 lb! The tailwind did most of the work!
Today we combined two riding days into one, covering 94 miles. We are starting to get a taste of Nevada. Tomorrow we will be knee deep on the lonliest highway in America…Highway 50!
Rick