Day 9…Eureka to Ely
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We had our best breakfast yet at the Pony Expresso Deli. Owner Paul challenged us to finish off a large breakfast burrito. Dick and I accepted and completed the task at hand. I also bought a couple fresh baked tarts and some buffalo meat sticks.
Paul and his Dad Louie have been running the cafe for about four years. The family is from Lowville, NY, not far from my hometown of Rochester. If you ever go through this town, don’t miss this!
We knocked off four summits in 78 miles today. I arrived in Ely about 4 pm. Ted has dropped off; we did not see him at all today. We spoke with another cyclist who is riding from Salt Lake to Santa Cruz. I gave Dan from Boston some advise on routes to the south bay.
Both my wife, Sarah, and I remember Ely as being a very small town when we passed through on the way to California back in ‘96. We must have had our eyes closed the whole way through town, because this is the largest ‘burg we have seen since Carson City!
-Rick