Easy Peasy

Carson City, NV > Fallon, NV

Miles Ridden – 60.8

Mileage to date – 323.9

We were on the road a little after 7 am. We rode under cloudy skies with some very light drizzle which was nice after all of the hot weather we have experienced so far. The ride to Fallon is a net downhill but there was some climbing. Overall it was a pretty easy ride. We took US-50 all the way there. In fact we will be following US-50 almost all the way to Utah. It has been described as the Loneliest Road in America. The traffic was heavy leaving Carson City but thinned out the further east we got. There are minimal services between Carson City and Fallon but enough so that we did not need to carry extra water.

The main excitement for the day was John’s bike was wobbling at high speeds. We stopped several times and tried a number of things to fix it. We tightened his rack and adjusted his panniers all to no avail. Finally, we looked in his right rear pannier and discovered he had a heavy item higher up and towards the outside of the bag. John repackaged the bag and put the heavy items lower and voila no more wobble.

Tomorrow we plan to head up to Middlegate Station which is 48 miles away. There is no water between here and there so we will carry extra. If we are feeling good we will continue up 14 miles the road to Cold Springs Station where we can camp for the night. Otherwise we will camp at Middlegate Station.

Some photos from today –