Great breakfast this morning, make your own waffles encluded. Weathers good again as I continue the climb out of the canyon. Train whistles echo up the valley, as they also weave their way up. Pulley literally hundreds of containers with their eight engines.
Drop down gradually and follow “Old woman creek road”. Along undulating highway with poor hard shoulders. Luckily the roads not to busy. Making good time this morning and by midday I’ve got over 50 miles in the bag. Pull in to a large pile of boulders to seek some shade for lunch. It’s 30º now. Ham and cheese roll, banana and apple and I’m refuelled.

About an hour later I pull into a layby to check out hotels. As I come to a halt the couple in the mobile home ask, Tea, coffee or water. Turns out they were from Gouda (Holland) very nice and very chatty. Been in the US visiting friends and touring for 6 weeks. After two bottles of water and a cup of tea we said are farewells.

Still not feeling great, my legs aching on any sort of climb. Perhaps the two weeks off the bike hasn't helped. No worries still done 85 miles today on some difficult terrain. Better tomorrow :)

Good stuff mate