How far can you ride? How early can you wake up to ride? 4:00 AM on vacation? Right. We wanted to beat the heat, when we left Moab at 5 am it was 70 degrees. One chic’s odometer read 559 miles; slightly higher than the average of 541 miles, attributed to the retrieval of another chic’s jacket which blew off in high winds across the desert. That resulted in meeting a Nevada state trooper but with good results!
We had coffee and pastries at Chevron in Salina, UT, a picnic breakfast at the park in Delta UT, and an excellent lunch in Eureka, NV. One chic spotted the “Pony Expresso Deli” 101 Bullion Rd. but when we walked up to it we noticed that it closed at 2 pm it was 1:50 pm so we started to leave but the owner came out and insisted we come in and he would stay open till we were finished eating, and it was worth it, especially the pie and ice cream, yummy. Eureka claims to be the friendliest town on the loneliest highway and judging from the people in the deli we will agree with that, and in between rode up and down mountain passes in the desert. 
People in Austin were very friendly, the gas station called the Lincoln hotel (only three to choose from) when one chic left a card there because everyone in town already knew that 5 hip chics were in town. At the International Bar they let three chics buy a bottle of wine! We had an enjoyable dinner at Toyabe Café (again one of three choices) and fell into bed exhausted. Even having our hotel rooms about 30 feet away from HW 50 failed to keep any of us awake. In the morning the Café at the International gave one chic a pot of coffee and a tray with cream & sugar to take back to the rooms to help get a jump start on the trip.
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