And the rain continues...
Today was a tough day: cold, uphill, wet and muddy. When we got into the host many of us (and our bikes were caked with red mud which was just lovely. The climb into lunch and the descent out of lunch was miserable. I tried to squirrel myself in the trailer b
ut was then dragged out by Nicole, Bree and Lindsey.
We had quite a few visitors on this ride. Two of Kristie's P2S'ers from last year joined us and then a B2SB '09 alum who lives in Moab came out with us too!
Bree and Nicole, excited to have survived the weather!
The last 20 miles of the day turned around and were amazing. The whole scenery around us seem to change before our eyes. We were no longer in the mountains and found ourselves riding across these amazing and beautiful plateaus. We made a pit stop to wait out some rain at an amazing bar/cafe/music venue (Two Candlesticks was the name maybe?) Coffee, pool tables, jukebox, we're there. Naturally, this led to a spontaneous wagon wheel dance party. A very cool spot!
We ended the evening at a local dive bar in Naturita. We are talking real small town here...the population was under 700 and everything was on a single road. It was a good time had by all!
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