Today we got back on the road and did days 3 original route from Twentynine Palms to Parker. It was going to be a long one - 175km. With no towns or services for 160kms of it, we had 2 bottles for the day and were out in the middle of nowhere!
But we were blessed with everything we could have asked for today. Tail wind, the smoothest freshly paved road you could get, a flat route, a road construction worker that gave us more water, then the lady at Best Western at check in was so excited for us that we had just road from 29 Palms and still had smiles on our faces that she reduced our nightly room rate!! What was expected to be a 7-8hr day was a 5hr 36min day! Woohoo!
Our legs felt great all day but our arses and shoulders/neck from the pack are very painful!
Not sure we could have got through the day if we had headwind or bad roads ;)
Today's Stats:
Duration: 5hr 36min
Distance: 176km
Average: 31.3km/hr
Ascent: 660m
Descent: 1125m
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