Pahrump, NV

Today we rode the hump to Pahrump!! Everyone calls it this because the whole first half is all uphill to climb over a mountain and then the second half is entirely downhill. I rode with Kirsten and Liz and we were all struggling pretty hard after first lunch. The whole way to first lunch wasn't terrible because it wasn't a huge uphill grade but it was pretty cool because there was a big group ride going on where we were riding. There had to have been like a hundred other bikers on the road we were biking and they all kept looking at us weird and some even yelled to us asking who we were and where we were going. Bikers generally know that we are going long distances because of all the extra stuff we have on our bikes and the Camelbaks. After we got over the Pahrump hump, we were flyyyyying!! We were going 30mph EASY because not only was it all downhill, there was also a tailwind. Everyone was so happy to get in and was in a great mood because of how easy it was. Upon arrival, we signed up on sheets of paper which house we got to go back to and sleep that night. We were doing home stays where we get split up as a group and all go to separate peoples homes for the night. I didn't get to go to the home stays last time we did it because I was really sick and was quarantined at the church. So, I was super excited to get to go to a home where I was going to be fed fruit, get to sleep in a bed and get to use a real shower that's inside a house and not in the back of a church! I went to the house with Claire being my bed bud that night. The couple that we stayed with was so amazing and just wanted to talk to us as much as they could. They also have a pet desert tortoise in the back yard that they've had for 40 years now! Luckily, when we were there, the turtle came out of his home to see us and we got to feed him and pick him up and stuff. We also got the chance to wash all of our clothes in a real washer and dryer where we didn't have to put our laundry on a laundry loop and they were able to dry like normal and actually be really clean! It was such an amazing night and very refreshing! Especially because we had eggs in the morning!