post ride day 8

Current City: Milford, UT

We finally made it to Utah! Two states down. We were excited to get out of Nevada and begin another state. The weather today was horrible. We started the morning out with rain and 45 degree weather. We went about 5 miles before we had to get in the truck and wait out a storm. Little did we know that these storms would last all day. We made it to the top of our 1st mountain pass and the ice started coming down. Luckily Josh wasn't too far from us and we were able to jump in the truck. After waiting for 30 minutes we realized it wasn't going to let up. We looked at radar and noticed this was an all day deal. We had to ride to our destination for the day. It was a little disappointing but we realize that we must keep safety first.
We had the opportunity to meet a few groups of people today. One person we met was named Eric. It was neat to hear Eric's story of how he left 6 1/2 weeks ago from his back porch in Illinois and going to California to visit family. We met up on some random porch in Baker, NV...total population of 140 (that's being generous). He mentioned how he was traveling alone and only with a cell phone and some luggage that he pulled behind him on his bike. It made me put my trip in perspective because here he was traveling by himself with all his food, water, equipment, etc. We think we have it hard or tough sometimes but there is always someone out there that helps you keep your perspective and lets you realize how good you have it. We were able to help him out by giving him some food that we had. Keep it up Eric!