DAY 2

Day Two - Ogden UTAH to Logan UTAH

A few K's into today's ride, we met Allen, a Utah old-timer, cycle-tourist and life-saver. After telling us about his recent tour of Russia, we found out our planned route for the day would, not far ahead, turn into an uphill dirt-track pot-holed god-forsaken slog. Just as well. Lesson learnt: Don't trust Google Maps. So with his directions we diverted our course, following highway 89 for the day. The morning was pretty good, we made good time, passing fruit orchards and farmers stalls, pausing for peaches and raspberries. It was a stroll in the park.

The second half of the day was anything but. In record high temperatures for that time of year (35 celcius), we made a long, long climb (15kms) past roaring trucks (this includes standard, normal trucks, plus every second private car which in Australia would pass as a mini bus, or, indeed, a 'wide-load' truck). It was a pretty big test of mental and physical strength at such an early stage of the trip.

Finally we made it, the descent opening up through a scenic valley, and we rolled all the way to Logan.

Sidenote: We visited Wal-Mart twice today.