Wow! After the sun went behind the cloud it was a good day of riding. I crossed the mountain, the wind changed and it sprinkled to cool me off. I made it to my goal for the day.
I also passed 3 other cross country riders. They all started in Virginia. Nice people. The first guy I passed was on his 55th day of riding. He also was a communication major who took the ride to think.
The other two were kind of riding together. They were averaging 80 miles a day!!! And had only been riding for like 44 days. They were younger, just out of college.
I am up in the mountains again. It is much cooler and the valleys are lush. I found this great old country church just outside of Fairfield.
Tomorrow, I will be heading into Craters of the Moon National Monument. I am on St Rt 20 following the Goodale’s cutoff of the Oregon Trail. I should break 6000 Ft easy.