day 11

today could be considered a rest day since we didn't ride anywhere due to evan's back tire being out of whack. so we talked to some townfolks, got some food from the grocery store, and talked to our good friend, cindy, and lo-and-behold we got evan a ride to bishop, california with a auto parts delivery truck driver but the bike shop was closed when he got there. luckily he has a place to crash for the evening, thanks to warmshowers.com a sweet site for people touring on bikes. you can get a warm shower and possibly a place to stay! love it. cindy got me a room at the ramada, which was super great of her since she didn't want me to pitch my tent out in the cold tonight. so today was mainly spent just going around town talking to people and going through evan's gear so he could take the bare essentials with him to bishop, in case he couldn't get a ride and would have to bike back (lets hope not). i roamed around town a bit, but its not that big and there isn't much here so i caught up on some tv shows (Lost!) and just let my body relax and recuperate for the next stretch. so evan is going to get his bike fixed tomorrow morning, but the bike shop opens at 10 am and his ride back to tonopah leaves at 8 am....so he's hoping to hitch a ride or wait the next day for the delivery guy to drive back to tonopah. kind of lame for both of us, but we are where we are and we can't change it. our next stretch is over a 100 miles on the extraterrestrial highway which goes by area 51! but there is really nothing except a couple gas stations along the way so we will be roughing it in the desert. enjoy the pics from today, there aren't that many.