Today was the day we knew would have the most clImbing of the whole journey so we knew we were in for a long slog. We hit the road at 5.45 am and climbed solidly until around twelve. This saw is climb through about five thousand feet which of course involved various mishaps and rendevous. First we met some us forestry dude on top of a mountain and had a chat and a photo, he was blocking off a bridge to stop horsecriding clowns falling thru it. Next jack went AWOL looking fir water by knocking random doors, rumour us he went to find some loving with sone mountain folk. Anyway we got some water then carried on climbing to echo summit. At the top we had an outstanding view of laks tahoe which was a thousand feet below us. The cycle down that hill with a shear drop to the side was the least scary. In lake tahoecwecwentvfor a pizza and met some incredibly generous and chatty ladies who bought us lunch. Result. Manyvthanks to you guys, it's much appreciated. So next STOL was Carson city and we were told it should be downhil all the way, well it wasn't and we again had to dj somemore climbing to hit spooner summit at over seven thousand feet. It killed us, especially jack who now gates gravity. However after that we had a 2000ft dropbover eight miles into Carson. All the lovely trees and scenery disappeared and we hit barren hot Nevada, not fun. Stopped at an English pub for tea and then going to try find somewhere to stay after our day of conquering the sierra nevadas. On the way to the motel we bumped into de guy wa
ho was motorcycling across the USA and he gave us some heads up for the way ahead....basically it's going to be got and salt lake flats are not so fun!