Starvation Lake is 5700 ft. above sea level just above Duchesne
(doo-SHANE) Utah, and this time of year stays around 70 degrees. The blue water
expands in the man-made reservoir where families enjoy camping, boating, and
all around recreat… AAAAHHHHH$4i+!!!! I’m about to try to get to sleep on this
freshly sanded unfinished gymnasium floor, lights out was to be at 9 and it’s
9:30, these kids are playing basketball in bed and my best hope is that someday
(if not already) I will get on the nerves of some of these %*#* as much as they
get on mine! There, I lanced the furuncle. The pain subsides. The fact is
regarding any such activity as this is that we form close bonds. It creates a feeling of family, but the other
edge of that sword is “familiarity breeds contempt”. Anyway, someone needs a
spanking- perhaps it is me. The days are long and demanding and I get cranky
but do my best to be my best. I’m contemplating being Mr. Cheerful first thing
in the morning, for we are an ugly lot at 4am. That ought to get on the nerves
of even the most magnanimous Adventurer.
It was a lovely ride from Myton to Duchesne, a mere 20
miles. We slept in, hitting the road at 8am and the slowest riders arriving
before 9:30. That’s what gave us time to go on down the road another 4 miles to
the park. We swam and played Frisbee, and with a storm threatening made our way
back. The only internet service available to us is at Cowen Café, a place that
has been in business since 1933. I was able to upload a video while I worked on
today’s, but that will have to wait for another time.
Dinner was provided by a former FCBA rider in a local
Chinese/American/Mexican restaurant. We played with chopsticks and told
stories, shared fortune cookies and then made our way back to the school. Behind
here, way up on the hill is a cistern providing the city water that comes from
the nearby Strawberry River. The water is good here. It is amazing the
differences over just 20 miles, and water is essential to us. We pack 20
gallons on our sag trailer every day, and on the long days all of it is gone at
trip’s end. We figured it out one day: ideally a rider should drink 14
oversized sport bottles in a 100 mile run. Tomorrow we ride @70 miles to Heber
City, which will include a 2700 ft. climb and then drop. This should be good.
Landon in front of the cistern.
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