75 miles ---> tailwind to Mt. Carmel Junction

When we woke up in the morning at the "Butch Cassidy Restaurant & Motel" we were surprised to see that the flag outside the window was blowing in a different direction... A TAILWIND!!! We hurried and ate our breakfast, and were absolutely amazed at how fast we were going. We seriously couldn't believe it.

Learning that the mountain pass we'd planned to take up around 11,000 feet at Brian Head was closed from the snow, we knew we were going to have to skip Cedar City and keep heading South. We were so pumped from the tailwind we just kept biking and biking all the way down to Mt. Carmel Junction, 75 miles away, the longest ride of the tour by far.

This was my favorite ride - reaching the "Bryce summit" and cruising downhill for what seemed like 15 straight miles through giant pine trees, meadows, red rock flutes, farms, waterfalls, rivers - all downhill - with a tailwind. I just kicked back on my seat and put my arms straight out to the side and flew.

At Mt. Carmel junction we went into the restaurant that had a sign out front that said: "HO-MADE PIES." We had to see the ho's.

"I guess the restaurant sign is pre-Snoop era huh?" I said to the waiter. "y'bet," he said.