Tropic to escalante
Today was Flat and uphill for 20 miles,
Then 1 mile to the summit that was steep steep STEEP uphill followed by a bunch of miles downhill. Our daily average has gone down due to some technical complications... Flat tires...
Oh well.
This was another day where it was raining all around us and a cloud was chasing us. It actually would've been nice because the day was hot. We arrived at escalante at three. We ate at a restaurant and those clouds that ha been chasing us caught up and it poured for a bit.. Kayla finished a 16-inch pizza. We set up tent, but it had stopped raining and we went back inside where we found some AC.
We Found bike tubes because we had no spares. We found some even though there was no bike shop. We were promised a bike shop. Aaargh. We got powerades and trail mix for tomorrow. Tomorrow we have a long day. A 4000 ft climb and something called the devil's backbone- sounds scary- BRING IT ON.
