People, Places, Things

After a quick cup of tea and a banana we tipped our hats to Ely and rode off into the cloudy morning sky. A long two plus hours later we stumbled into the first town we had come to, only to discover we had been in Utah for quite a while.  Yes, if you need anything between Ely and Delta, good luck.  There is not even a tree if you need privacy.
I might be aging out of this bike thing. Don't tell George.  He doesn't read the blog anyway!  I mean how much desert can a person look at?



Beautiful Wind Machines
 

When I started working at CPS my coworkers would staff cases about people who had addiction issues and the terms, 'people,places,things', would roll off their tongues.  I pretended I knew what they were talking about - and now I do.  People who are trying to stay sober need to stay away from those who are not.  Anyway, I like the idea of people, places, and things as a guide.  Like yesterday.  I wrote about a gas station we went to, again, but given that I was writing at 2:00 am I did not really flesh it out.  The town is a quarter of a mile long. If you were in the passenger seat of the car and bent over as the car rounded the curve to enter the town, you would miss it. The town.  So, when George was getting gas another biker had just finished and he walked over to the shade to drink something. He proceeded to stare at us as he drank and I noticed that he had opened his leather jacket and there was nothing underneath! Duuuude!  Really, people, places, things. You can't make this stuff up.  So we pull out and George says he thinks we had lunch in this town last time.  Really?  Did you see a cafe? A bar? A hot dog stand?  No, because we ate in Eureka!!!

This is our third day on the road and I have had two grilled cheese sandwiches.


Larb Hollow Overlook

We discovered the 8th wonder of the world today.  The Larb Hollow Overlook on Scenic Byway 12 is breathtaking. I do not have language to describe this magical site. If I lived near here I would spend a lot of time at this particular overlook.  There are others, but this one is special.  You can look this up on line and read about it.



View from out room

We are now in the same room we stayed in last time we came to the Boulder Mountain Lodge. George is sitting outside enjoying the crisp, cool air and I am about to get ready for a wonderful dinner.  It is so quiet here, I can hear the birds singing as I type.


Our Room at the Boulder Mountain Lodge

It has been a long day on the bike, but the weather was wonderful, sunny, overcast, rainy, and then sunny again.  Just right for seasoned riders.  Wish you were all with us.

Jenson