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I had already decided to take a bit of a breather and stay at a hotel in Green River. I booked a cheap room and I was looking forward to a private, cool place and a shower so I got going pretty early.
Sunrise was lovely and I left right after it had crested the mountains. I finished the little climb up to the highway and made some fast miles. The next dirt road was in ok shape, a bit of sand and washboard but manageable. There was a historic huge windmill and stone retention pool built by the CCC. It was hard to imagine the area ever being green enough for cattle grazing. The land around looked very tired and overused, not just from overgrazing but over appreciation from motorized trail users trampling over everything anywhere near the road, oil and gas pipelines, the road I was on and actually a lot of MTB trails too. It's cool that so many uses can be wrung out of a place but at that moment I felt bad for the land itself.
Eventually I turned onto a gravel road with lots of big heavy machinery and my first thought was gas pipeline installation. But actually they were replacing and upgrading huge power lines. It was here that I ran into Andre, another cyclist, travelling opposite me.
Andre was very happy to see another cyclist, as was I, especially out in the middle of nowhere. He was really nice. From Germany, he was wandering around the west in search of adventure, after having already ridden across Canada. I thought he might be doing the TAT. But although he didn't know about it he had basically followed my future route exactly. He was telling me all the intel he had about the upcoming route, when a guy in a truck pulled up and informed us the road was closed as they were stringing up high voltage lines. It affected me as was going north, into the new closure.
But we could head south so Andre was ok. I was pretty upset as at first I thought it would add like 30 extra miles. I expressed my frustrations and explained that there was no road closed sign. They guy argued that there was one at the highway but I explained that's not the way I came in. Andre and I set about finding an alternate way to the parallel highway (the road of death from the other day, US 191), and it wasn't far. We rode to the junction together and before parting ways, two jeeps came back the way south after having been turned back... Illustrating my point to the guy about the need for an actual road closed sign...
I bit Andre farewell and he wished me well and I continued on a "road" that was just a two track in the dirt. I was thrilled though as my idea was to simply walk the 3-4 miles directly to the highway across the barren landscape.
I only had to ride the death highway for a few miles but it was still terrifying. Here I was even buzzed at 75mph by an SUV with a bike on the back... I poured over my map on the way there and discovered another road that would take me directly to the interstate 70 bridge I needed to get to. The alternative being that I would not only have to ride the unsafe US 191, but also the actual interstate because there was no frontage road there. I was so concentrated on my white knuckle hugging of the shoulder I actually blew right past my turn. But eventually I turned off and breathed a sigh of relief. And to my surprise the road, gravel and dirt, was in impeccable shape. Smoother than a lot of the pavement I'd ridden in Utah. AND I had a rip roaring tailwind from the southeast. I was on cloud nine.
I crossed the interstate and followed the old US 50 which was mostly gravel although some pavement still remained. I got to Green River so early I had lots of time to browse their visitor center and go ahead and stop by the grocery store. I checked in to my hotel right at 1pm check in time on the dot so I could maximize the use of my room. Tomorrow I cross the San Rafael Swell, a scorcher, and hope to make it just past Ferron,
By: | WTR4 |
Started in: | Grand County, UT, US |
Distance: | 60,4 mi |
Selected: | 60,4 mi |
Elevation: | + 1954 / - 3247 pi |
Moving Time: | 04:16:56 |
Gear: | 2020 Lynskey GR300 |
Page Views: | 51 |
Departed: | 21 juil. 2021 à 06h28 |
Starts in: | Grand County, UT, US |
Distance: | 60,4 mi |
Selected distance: | 60,4 mi |
Elevation: | + 1954 / - 3247 pi |
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Total Duration: | 06:43:17 |
Selection Duration: | 24197 |
Moving Time: | 04:16:56 |
Selection Moving Time: | 04:16:56 |
Stopped Time: | 02:26:21 |
Calories: | 2043 |
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Avg Watts: | 133 |
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Max Speed: | 35,9 mph |
Avg Speed: | 14,1 mph |
Pace: | 00:06:40 |
Moving Pace: | 00:04:15 |
Max HR: | 136 bpm |
Min HR: | 65 bpm |
Avg HR: | 103 bpm |
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Zone 1: | 41 minutes |
Zone 2: | 2 minutes |
Zone 3: | 0 minutes |
Zone 4: | 0 minutes |
Zone 5: | 0 minutes |
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