June 15.
We had great scenery and tailwinds on our way from Carlin UMC to the school gym in Wells, NV. It was about 73 miles. The day started out with a run through Carlin Canyon, about 8 miles from our starting location. The river that carved out the canyon ran right alongside the road. It was amazing to ride that road with the steep rock walls all around us. We were told that if you came at sunrise, the walls of the canyon are purple. I did see some purple rock so I can believe it. When we exited the canyon, we took a bike trail that led us right up to the shoulder of I-80! Most of our day was spent on I-80. As I said before, we have an entire lane width for the shoulder, and most of the way we are separated from traffic by a rumble strip which will serve to alert drivers who start to stray into the shoulder. The main problem is that it is quite noisy on the interstate. Concrete pavement seems to be noisier than asphalt.
