Moab, UT to Bluff, UT

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Today's Stats
Miles: 100.59
Riding Time: 6:57:35
Avg. Speed: 14.4
Max Speed: 40.1
Elevation Gain: 5680

Today was a day of ups and downs. The toughest day of riding so far. We started with a 12 mile uphill slog out of Moab with the last mile pitching up steeply. After a short downhill we climbed up again. This up and a little bit down pattern continued for 65 miles. At that point we had reached an elevation of over 7000 ft. and had climbed over 5200 ft. in a little over 5 hours. Did I mention the headwind? We were two very demoralized, middle-aged, in over our heads, this bucket list thing is overrated guys.

The last 35 miles was much more to our liking! Only 480 ft. of climbing which meant a lot of downhill. Still in headwind but at that point it was like a horse to the barn; nothing was slowing us down!

Now for a great steak dinner at the Cottonwood Steak House and off to bed. The over 140 mile ride tomorrow in increasing southerly winds will require a lot of rest tonight. Wish us luck!

Sorry, no pictures today. Having computer problems, again. We will try to upload some tomorrow.