Day 5

Reverse Travel Day

We've decided to try a new approach. Here's how it works:
First day: head east as far as we can go. Karen picks us up in the RV and we head to a town about 50+ miles from where we stopped.
Second day: head west from the hotel covering on bike the distance we covered yesterday in an RV. Karen picks us up and we return to the last night's hotel.
Third day: we head east from the hotel as far as we can go. Karen picks us up in the RV and we head to the next town 50 miles away.

This approach allows us to spend two nights in the same hotel saving time because we don't have to load and unload the RV. It also solves the problem caused by the lack of services between many towns out here. It's hard to believe you can go over 100 miles in the west and hit nothing but dust.

We had a beautiful sunrise at our back as we rode west. Also saw the cutest group of wild donkeys milling about on the sand. There were two females and their babies. They looked very healthy.

I saw a lone cactus in full bloom on the west side of the road. It's flowers were the most beautiful shade of magenta I've ever seen.

After 52+ miles of rolling hills, flat farm land and bumpy roads, we called it quits just outside of the Mesquite Gold Mine. It was a good day of riding. We all felt strong and healthy. Things are starting to look up!