Day 9: 70 miles to Eureka, NV

The ride today was tough since we had such a long day yesterday. I rode with Winston Allen and Adam Solarz today and to make the time pass more quickly we played the "20 Questions" game. It was actually a lot of fun. The funniest one was watching them try to guess my object, Peter Pan. Anyway, the most exciting part of the trip was seeing the millions of crickets all over the roads. Many were squished while others were on the roads either crossing or feeding on their fallen comrades. Quite a site though.
To the right is a picture of our roadside lunch stops. We have this style of lunch for all of our longer days. Our crew chief Justin Humphries ("Hump") does a great job getting us fed and back on the road efficiently. Once in Eureka we ate burgers and later went back for shakes at a place called DJ's diner, an old fashioned hot rod diner. Once again, the town was very small but was the only civilization within 80 miles. For dinner, the local Lions club sponsored us with a Spaghetti meal. It was cool to talk to them and let them know that they aren't the only Lions club that supported me but that the clubs in Priest River and Pullman each donated hundreds of dollars to Push America. Winston and I also randomly ran into a Pi Kapp that was passing through town, he was from the Cornell (Psi) chapter.