Day 46 & 47 - Middlegate to Carson City, NV

Yesterday was a rare treat on Nevada’s Route 50 with only two small, front-loaded summits followed by salt flats. Riding 50 miles into Fallon was almost a rest day after the previous few day’s rides. I pitched my tent for possibly the last time on the tour and woke up early to pedal into Carson City. 

The “loneliest road in America” became a highway today and I had to keep one eye on my mirror at all times. 63 miles of heavy traffic, but on welcomed flat road. Water stops every twenty miles as I rolled on like royalty with ice cold agua. I had originally intended to ride to Reno as a gateway to northern Lake Tahoe where I’d meet for a family vacation in the second week of July. Getting too far ahead of schedule I’ve just decided to ride back into California as spending nearly a week in Reno is playing with fire. Give me a day or two at a casino and I will come out ahead. Six days and I’ll be a frothing degenerate betting on cornhole futures in Zimbabwe. For this very reason I headed on down to Carson City to spend just a night or two before I make my last hill to climb Carson Pass. Roughly 4,000 feet of elevation to climb to the summit, but from there you shed 8,500 ft down to sea level! That sounds like a blast, so many free miles for me to cruise down. So that’s the plan for now. Enjoy Carson City tonight and hopefully use the book to pay for my hotel room. Carson Pass awaits as the final challenge.