day 15

crazy day 15. we awoke early once again thanks to joe (7:30 instead of our normal 9:30). we packed up camp and headed to the ale-inn to get some of their awesome breakfast! we got 3 huge pancakes each, i mean huge. it was so wonderful. joe and jen were leaving to head to colorado and evo and i were heading to caliente. we said our goodbyes and started off. the wind was with us! we were hauling it up a mountain pass then on the other side was a huge downhill with another valley and we just sped through it going 20-40mph! it was such a great break from the slow days previously. i was ahead of evan and was at the end of the valley getting ready to start climbing the next summit when i stopped to take some pics. after a good 20 minutes i still didn't see him so i looked up and down the road to see if i could see him but the heat waves were very decieving. a car passed and said that he had his bike flipped upside down and fixing a flat, so i rode a little further to take some pics of joshua trees. after another half hour i went back to look for him since i was getting worried. after riding back nearly 7 miles i found evan on the side of the road in frustration, another spoke broke (the same spoke actually). after trying to fix it and having his tire get more and more out of whack we decided to just start walking and try to hitch a ride to caliente which was 60 some miles away and that was the nearest town. after a half hour of walking a nice couple in a gigantic rv picked us up and took us to panaca where we tried to get a ride out of town to cedar city where the nearest bike shop is located. after much walking and making a "bike broke" sign we finally got a ride from an elderly couple transporting a large rock back home to their rock garden. they told us some great history of the area, fed us, and took us all the way to cedar city, utah. sadly this wasn't how we wanted to finish nevada but we have to do what we have to do sometimes.

once in cedar city we grabbed some burgers and fries at a 60's diner and started sending out e-mails for a place to stay the night. after some time of visiting the grocery store and starting to walk around town we got a call from a guy named ian who opened up his families house to us. we got picked up and got to take a hot shower and sleep on a comfy floor for the evening.