Huge stepping stone. 300 miles from Denver if I take the easy way!
Of course no way am I doing that. I am headed up to Wyoming and the on through Steamboat springs Colorado.
I am a bit of a worry wart, so I took my bike into the shop it is missing on the lower gears. Which I can get away with that, yet if I can get it looked at why not.
I stopped in Red rock cycle after Attitude cycle was packed, they also didn't have any tubes. Which was more of the bummer. As my bike can still ride fine with air those tires. Red Rock had tubes thank god. I order two giving me three spares.
So I went down to the library to chill.
Coming into (I just found a quarter!) Vernal was all down hill after my 83 mile ride. I took the old mail route for the 2100 to 0300 portion of my ride. Nice and quiet.
Less traffic and with the darkness resembling the black hole the less oncoming lights the better. US 40 was another Utah death trap. While I won't complain about the interstate speeds everyone did by me nor the tiny three foot shoulder. I will complain about the rumble strip. If your not going to invest in providing safety to a cyclist. Please don't take away what little I have to work with so a stupid motorist has additional safety. Not only is the rumble strip on the edge, but also in the middle.
I wish we could sue them for making a road so dangerous.
To make it even worse there was no oversight in the rumble at times leaving me with a rumble strip right in the middle of the shoulder. When ever there was a guard rail I would be pinned by rail and rumble threading my 80 pound bike n trailer between. All the while traffic zoomed at70 mph. How pathetic. At one point I was run of the road into the rumble which was on the edge of the road.
Upon reaching the outskirts of Roosevelt a four lane had emerged. Having spent the last 3 hours having life flash before my eyes. I took the wide and was ready to kick some ass if anyone objected I was fumming. I think I could have beaten up king kong at that point.
One person managed to yell to get off the road right in the middle of town. He didn't take my challenge.
Upon reaching the fort I started on the mail route. Ahhh what a fine route that was leading me right to the National forrest at 0300 hours I settled down for brief 4 hour nap. No bear trees so cross those fingers.
The rain clouds had again begun to north good thing am chillin in Vernal.
I had a productive day.
I bought my plane ticket and I enrolled in all my classes. Having dropped a cool 1500 in the process.
If all my classes run and I know I am gonna pass. Then I will have only one class left. OMG!
I have taken two classes already before yet had to withdraw.
Things are starting to heat up. I have about a month to make it Denver.
So now off to collect my bike and head north into the rain.
I am going to rest a couple days and into the Flamming gorge.
I still might go the easier way since I have to climb the rockies, yet I need to map the extra distance first.
I am just happy to be here on the edge of an end.
This trip has been unreal and now I know I can do it.
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