Only did 36 miles today: 1,200' down, 1,800' up. I could have made the 75 or so to Cedar City, but I figure I can afford the short days and I'm going to have plenty of long days in Nevada whether I want them or not.
Utah's having some odd weather. I haven't really had any days over 90 and last night it got down to the low 40s (at 7,700' though). My bag is rated for 30 degrees but standard practice is to add 10 to what's advertised, so I was quite cold. It took me forever to get up. Long sleeves and tights tonight!
At the burger place a grandfather, a father, and a young son were eating next to me. Towards the end, the son spilled his french fries all over the deck. They left without cleaning up. I was a bit upset that the father set such a terrible example for the son in not cleaning up after themselves, but also happy because the cashier was terribly inflexible with substitutions, overcharged me, and couldn't provide change for a 5. Have fun cleaning up!
Other than that, not much happened. I was forced onto a 4 mile bike path that was skinny, had lots of sharp turns, and forced me to overuse my brakes. Met an eastbounder named Sarah doing a supported trip who seemed nice. Had yet another Very Strong Headwind. Gonna have another one tomorrow too. I'll leave a lot earlier though so it won't be as bad.
Camping near Lake Panguitch tonight. It's USFS so no showers. The nearest place that sells them is 3 miles away so looks like I'm having a sponge shower out of either a hydrant or a sink. Ugh. Maybe I'll make the trip for the shower.
Looking forward to tomorrow's 4,600' descent. It looks awesome and so hard going the other way.
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