Day-29

August 4, 2006

Life in Baker Nevada & Riding the Pony Express Trail...

We needed an internet connection to help us lock down our remaining overnight stays for the rest of the trip. Chris and I spent the morning in the office of the Border Inn Motel trying to make arrangements with the help of Denise, the owner of the Inn. Denise was very helpful and a very nice lady.

We had to wait an extra day in Baker Nevada for the UPS delivery of our tires, parts and supplies. While we were waiting we decided to look into the local area more intently and learned that Las Vegas wants to take water from Baker area. The residents of the area are furious about it because they think the water pumping will kill their water aquifer and rightly so as they live in a desert.

The UPS truck finally shows up around 5:45 P.M. and says he’s got some big supplies for us - turns out he’s got boxes for everybody but us. No knobby tires and we need them! We’ve lost another day, we’re already behind schedule, and we didn’t even get our supplies.

As frustrated as we were, Denise showed us a fun route that would be off the pavement on the old “Pony Express” and would get us to Battle Mountain and closer to being back on schedule.

Steve and I got to goof-off together riding like freestyle punks without catching air, while riding on the historical trail. This really was a treat! And by the way, I have a very impressive Running Man! (Well, not really).

Then we came across a great couple who have a truck-stop restaurant in the middle of nowhere with a foosball table. I love foosball and Chris was nice enough to play a few games with me. It was a very unique place to stop and take in the environment. The place literally was in the middle of nowhere. Yet they had a flock of Peacocks living outside and a museum of Dead Cougar pictures with hunters holding their carcasses. The couple was nice enough to entertain us with their stories while we ate. Then we hit the road and dragged into Battle Mt. at around 2 A.M. in the morning. Sleep was very welcome.

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