not wanting to lose steam from such a productive day yesterday, we felt a light ride was in order rather than resting and losing an entire day of riding.
in less than an hour, we were in an area of Nevada I would never have imagined existing - shrubberies everywhere and trees all of a sudden!
one last pass took us up and over the and down into Caliente, our first settlement since Rachel (about 85 miles ago).
a beautiful coast down through the canyon ended with a fantastic lunch deal at Caliente's Sinclair gas station (2 hot dogs and a drink for $1), and we biked only another 16 miles down the road before hitting Pioche and Cathedral Gorge State Park.
once again, His hand was before us, providing a free stay at the campground, and even better, a free dinner with John & Geneva, an amazing couple out of Washington who were on an RV excursion across the West and graciously shared their pastas, meats, veggies, olives, pickles, fresh bread and ice cream with strawberries from their garden back home to top it all off. might have been the first time i saw mark stop eating while there was still food on the table. they both shared some incredible tales of their travels to China, Nepal, Egypt - even meeting the Pope in Rome on one occasion.
fresh from a hot shower (with soap!) and lying in my hammock beneath a bright moon, I feel pretty spoiled by God and how much He has provided for us - and always at just the right time. thanks again for all your prayers. God hears and He DOES answer.
until next time,
may He hold you in the hollow of His hand
josh & mark
the lifecycle team
either somebody posted the same picture twice or the scenery literally did not change. It was nice to see a shot of Josh biking tho. Did Kathy say something? B/c she was saying "all the pictures are of Mark!" Just wanted u 2 know someone's reading today
ReplyDeletehaha yeah don't know why that happened, we'll figure it out :)
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