Duchesne, UT to Dinosaur, CO

Today was a pretty smooth day although it was embedded with a little frustration, here and there.
We woke up, had breakfast, and hit the road. Today was another 90 mile ride. The first 30 miles weren’t bad at all. We were rolling. Today I was riding with Paul (U of Toledo), Zach (U of Houston), Brian (U of Colorado) and Bob, the father of the alumnus. Bob was a little bit better than yesterday, but he made some pretty big freshman mistakes. At the 30 mile mark, he decided to not warn us that he was stopping, and had a pretty big collision. Brian’s front wheel was completely unusable, and Paul hand had seen better days. Bob ended paying for all damages, but a mistake like that shouldn’t happen yet. Brian had to get racked for the rest of the day, considering that his bike needed major repairs. Luckily, I was the last one on the paceline at the time, and missed the collision. After a 45 minute delay, we hopped back on our bikes and did another 30 miles or so, until lunch. That 30 mile stretch was pretty rough. The scenery didn’t help much, considering that it looked like Nevada, all over again. After a quick lunch, we finished off the, but it was a struggle. The last 15 miles were really tough, especially from the humidity and the heat from the ground.We finally made it across to another state, Colorado. 10 minutes later, we were at lodging, in Dinosaur, Colorado, population: 300…humans. We set up our sleeping area, and headed to the welcome center, where there were showers. After a nice hot shower, we came back and pretty much passed out after a long day. We were woken up by 5 PM, where a few locals brought us dinner to the Dinosaur Elementary School (for baby dinos?). Dinner was real good, a nice hot home-cooked meal, with meatloaf, a fruit salad, and chocolate muffins to die for.After dinner, we took a little tour around the outskirts of the town. There were some really beautiful scenic areas, especially to see the sun down. We came back to the school, were we had the rest of the night off. There was a pull-up bar in the carpeted gym, so I got a little bit of a workout. After that, I pretty much called it a night, and prepared for another 90 mile ride.