Welcome to Utah!

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Happy Easter!

My blog quality has deteriorated in the last two posts, but we tend to bog any free wifi service that we get down with 26 laptops all trying to connect at the same time so I have been unable to upload my pics- but will update when I can.

Yesterday was my support day and the first "bad weather day" of the ride. Our riders were gritting it out through a climb in 45 degree rain. Then as we got higher, the temp continued to drop and the rain turned to snow so we packed everyone up after 50 miles and thawed them out on our way to the fire station in Panaca, Nevada. We also noted how ironic it seemed to look out at a snow covered grown with cacti as the only foliage. Our host at Panaca was extremely generous to cook us a nice spaghetti meal and told us of some of the town history.

Today, we crossed into Utah and are currently staying at a church in Cedar Springs. Half of our crew drove ahead to host a world health day at the church. The other half, including myself, road 85 miles uphill into a relentless headwind. We stared the whole time at the snow covered mountains in the horizon that we will attempt to conquer tomorrow. We are currently at over 6,000 ft. Tomorrow we climb to 10,000 ft and have a 95 mile ride, but it is supposed to be extremely scenic (and extremely cold...and we are camping). I will certainly be without any internet/phone coverage tomorrow, but will attempt to catch up on the pics in a few days. Thanks everybody for the continued support.