So was the ride today -- and anyone who made the trek from LA to Vegas in the mid to late '90s knows exactly where I'm talking about by the subject line. Kind of funny -- to find the address of where I was (because I'm always guestimating with the google maps, having to get close enough to see a familiar street name/ area then begin to make up the #'s) I used the Prison Rd addy. No numbers mind you. There are no #'s in this prison...besides the ones used to keep count of the inmates, I suppose
.It was about a 60 mile jaunt today -- good stuff! Took me 3.5 hours, a little longer than I would have liked, but that included a 10 minute stop in Jean for a bathroom break and water fill-up. Interesting that the ride out there took two hours and the ride back was 1.5 -- all about the wind and a steady incline out of Las Vegas. In a car, I never really paid it much mind. Steady incline? Hit the gas.
It was funny, too, because I gave this ride a partial attempt the other day and made it about half way. When I hit that point today I bit down a little harder ('cause though the wind seemed a bit lighter when I began, it wasn't by the time I got up there) and away I went.
A really, really good ride all told because I think it represented much of what the road is going to be like for us. It was a highway (55 speed limit), not a lot of traffic, but you do get buzzed from time to time, a fair amount of roadkill (I do my best to just keep the eyes averted there) and a lot of pretty desert chaparral.
My biggest concern after these rides out here is the wind. Is it going to play a big factor on the road? That may just be a day-in, day-out call. No control -- NO CONTROL!? Imagine that...
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