Utah…….”it looks kind of like…..Nevada?”
As we made our way into a new state, many of us took the opportunity to look around and make the observation that western Utah looks the same as eastern Nevada. None the less, today was an extremely interesting day. As we made our way to mile 30, we dropped into an extreme desert where there was absolutely no vegetation and the temperature sky rocketed. The wind started to pick up and the conditions started to deteriorate. We reached mile marker 50 and realized that a large storm was brewing in the distance. As we stopped for a break, we took notice that the storm was actually a dust storm coming straight for us. We were worried that visibility would be lowered, but as we got back on the bike a 40 mph tailwind kicked up and began to propel us at 35 mph down the road. We had 35 miles to go when the storm lowered visibility to the point where it became unsafe for the riders. As such, the crew chief racked all of the riders and we rode the rest of the way in the crew vans. While we were bummed that we didn’t finish the ride, we knew that the crew chief had made the right decision.
The rest of the evening was relatively low key and we spent the rest of our free time resting up for the big day tomorrow!
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