Day-31

August 6, 2006

We're found, but the bikes are MIA...

We returned to the double-wide to find the owners the following morning. For having total strangers break into there home the previous night, they were incredibly understanding about it.

Our next issue was to find out how to get to our bikes since we only had a general idea of where they were. With the help of the local fire prevention center and one of their GPS units, we were able to pinpoint the bikes. To make sure we didn't miss them James, Michael and I hiked through a long field of sage to look for them. After a few miles we finally spotted a glimmer off in the distance which turned out to be James helmet resting comfortably on his bike.

The issue of course was still how to get the bikes to the road and through the barbwire fences. The fact that we had a much better idea of the lay of the land and that the sun wasn't setting anytime soon made it a much simpler operation. Finally we made it to the road and asphalt had never looked to good. We were all exhausted from hiking in the sun in full motorcycle gear and ready to get back to town to rest. On the way back we had to wait at a railroad cross for the train to pass. While waiting for the gates to go up James actually fell asleep on his motorcycle and fell on me knocking me into a steel guard rail. My shoulder was a little banged up but other than that no harm was done. We got back to town and took the rest of the night to relax.

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