Day 55 - Austin, Nevada

Expected an easy day but the headwinds once again made it hard work. It was pretty flat though, except for one 1500 ft climb at the end. In the morning it was nicely cool and it's probably the first day I didn't see any rain or lightning since... western Missouri.

At one point we dropped down maybe 1000 feet which was enough for the temperature to shoot up at around 40°C. Still bearable but I wouldn't wanna do that in July when it's even more. As soon as we climbed up again it became cooler, cycle touring not only teaches you about geography but often also about meteorology.

We saw wild antelopes, sadly too fast to take pictures of them.

Austin, like every town we've come trough in Nevada, is a strange place. Some of the buildings easily could be the set for a western movie. During the silver boom up to 8.000 people lived here, now it's 600.
People seem not to like strangers, something I haven't experienced before in this country.

Tonight like the days before we're having some beer in the motel room before we get our well-deserved sleep. Early start tomorrow, 100+ miles to Fallon.

The Yosemite area wildfire is about 250 miles away but the smoke is visible from here! We expect to ride into smoke tomorrow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChFJkjhIcUY