Day 8- Loneliest Road Lives Up To Its Name

Miles Completed Today: 58
Total Miles Completed: 480
Miles To Go: 3220

Pat and and Sean left Cold Springs at 9:30 AM and after a 12:30 PM snack and water refill at New Pass Summit continued toward Austin, NV. They passed the British team a little while after departing, and also ran into another team that is cycling all the way to Maine. The terrain remains very desolate and arid, and the only sign of life was a few wild horses seen after New Pass Summit. Around two o'clock they reached the dying mining town of Austin, NV. Although the map says the population is 370, the locals said it is now only around two hundred and falling. We were the only customers for lunch at the International Hotel & Cafe, and the bike shop where we hoped to buy some extra tubes for Sean's bike was no longer in business. After lunch, Chris drove ahead to Bob Scott campground while Pat and Sean stuck around Austin for milk shake, and then proceeded to fall asleep in the soda shop. Eventually they woke up, mounted their bikes and climbed another thousand feet out of Austin before rolling downhill three hundred feet into Bob Scott campground.

Today's internet courtesy of the Eureka Public Library.