Today’s stage had been on our minds for months. A vast stretch through Utah with absolutely no stores or water anywhere along the route. We checked the weather and it called for strong headwinds increasing throughout the day.
We opted for a 3 AM start to get a few hours of riding with just a light breeze. We departed carrying 5 liters of water (11 extra pounds).
3 miles outside of Hanksville we stopped, turned off all our lights and looked up at billions of stars and the Milky Way. The picture doesn’t do it justice.
As daylight broke across the canyon we were approaching the Colorado River. It made for a good photo op.
From that point it was battle the winds uphill pretty much until the very end.
As soon as we arrived we got cleaned up and headed to a pizza joint to start to refuel the tank. Tomorrow we head to Colorado.
