DAY #5...CEDAR CITY, UTAH TO EUREKA, NEVADA (274 MILES) (1852 MILES)

Arising this morning in Cedar City, it was a brisk 42*, but very little wind. This was the first day I wore my heated jacket, and it felt good. In fact I wore it most of the day, as we crossed numerous mountain passes. Riding north out of Cedar City on highway 130 to Milford, we stopped there for fuel. Jack came out of the convenience store with two pieces of individually wrapped sausage. He said they were called nose sausages. Unfortunately he didn't mention the fact that it was spelled Knowes Sausages, and didn't give me any eating instructions. My bad!!!!


Leaving Milford we then turned west on highway 21. Highway 21 does not show up in the atlas as being scenic, but the snow covered mountain ranges were beautiful.



We stopped once again at the Nevada/Utah state line for fuel. Relaxing for a few minutes, I had a can of "High Test" Mountain Dew. We met a young girl from California driving an old Dodge diesel pickup, traveling by herself. We asked her what her destination was, and she said wherever the road took her. It amazed us that a girl this young was traveling by herself, and she said she camped out in the desert part of the time. She was definitely a girl with a free spirit.


Joining up with highway 50, the "loneliest road in America", we rode over to Eureka, Nevada, where we stopped for the night.
Looking up the road conditions of the mountain passes in California north of Yosemite National Park, everything is open except Tioga Pass, inside the park. Tomorrow we'll be headed that direction, and should be in California on Wednesday sometime.
As of today we've ridden 1852 miles since leaving Hutchinson last Friday. When I checked the mileage to Olancha before I left, it was only 1450 miles. Where did I go wrong?? Did I take a wrong turn somewhere??
Oh yeah....I'm following #000.
Talk to you tomorrow night...
Motor Mike