I had a 2 liter bladder of water and 3 frozen bottles which turned out to be the correct amount. I got into Eureka with a little more than half a still cold bottle of water.
Austin is built on a fairly steep hill and it goes steeper out for a couple of miles. There is a nice downhill and then another up. At the second peak I ate my squishy white bread in a box sandwich with an expiry date of 6/23. That's gotta be good for you. That break dried me out which was good because the downhill was long and cool.
Once on the flat it was just long, straight and kind of boring. For a couple of hours there were almost no cars. I could see 10 or 20km in places ... I knew because I could see were I took an earlier break and I was stopping for water and a butt break at least every 10km. My butt and my feet are the things that are hurting. I stand up and pedal a lot which is good for my butt but puts more pressure on my feet. I hope this new saddle gets finished breaking my my butt soon.
Being in the middle of it and looking 20km in all directions and not seeing a single car (or tree) was kind of amazing. Looking back was neat because I knew how far it was.
I got into Eureka just a little after 11:30am. Jeff the owner of the Gold Country was great and let me check in early. This is nice place ... if you are in the area this is the place to stay.
I washed my gear and showered; plugged in all the chargables and went looking for food. Had a nice chile verde (NOT a hamburger!!) at the Urban Cowboy a place a few doors away and as I left I ran in to Natalie and Zach. There are doing laundry and I will meet up with them in a bit for dinner.
Tomorrow is another long stretch with no services. The same amount of water should work and I will get something I can eat for fuel again.
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