148 miles (10900 ft climbing), 12:53 hours 13.3 mph
Toughest day so far, straight into a serious climb up over 8000ft which started off in sun but quickly deteriorated up top to snow and sleet. Bob packed it in early on during the climb as he is fighting some sickness and got in the van. Greg and I struggled to stay warm along the ridge before finally dropping down to decent weather again at Flaming Gorge. Stunning view from the viewpoint but alas we had to keep going so could only hang out for a bit.
Due to the conditions we were going pretty slow and lunch was moved up a sag stop to the 70 mile mark. As we approached that we got hailed on and then more snow as we huddled in the trailer eating. Most people had bagged it for the day by now but Greg and I headed on to the next sag at 90 miles in. Greg stopped there and I opted to try to make it in before sunset to keep my streak of riding every full day alive. One tough 60 mile time trial later I made it to the hotel with some buffer. Down to just 3 people now from the whole tour who have finished each day. Tomorrow is the longest day of the tour so an even earlier start than normal. This is tough!
