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Stage 13

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Chris Tribbey

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From staff:

Stage #13
Kanab, UT to Henderson, NV
247 Miles

Low of 50
High of 92
0% chance of rain

Today will be a great ride to lower elevations. We will be going through Zion National Park and having a lunch stop in St. George. Elevations will drop greatly which means our bikes will gain some of the lost power at high altitudes.

Heading out for Stage 12. Chilly in the morning.

Leaving a fast stop on Stage 12

Shooting the breeze at a lunch stop a few days ago.

After Stage 12 standings.

Daily routine loading the route sheet.

So far so good.

Somewhere in Utah. Awesome.

Today was a brutal 247 miles. Extreme wind, miles of climbing hills, and heat. Had a great ride with my partners Bartman and Olson. We celebrated finishing with all the miles today.

Arrived in time with all miles.

So happy I made all the miles with the extreme issues we faced today.

Crossed into AZ today and then into NV.

Windy??? Yeah like 30 mph head winds!

Wade and Cathy from Milwaukee. Doing great in the sidecar.

A great dinner tonight with special friends. (L to R) Tribbey, Buddha, Carlo, and Micah.

Deep discussions with Wade on Cannonball strategy.

Yucking it up with the oldest Cannonball rider Victor. He rides a 1914 Harley. A man’s man.

At each gas stop, the three of us take turns paying for our gas. We dump oil every other gas stop.

Standings after Stage 13.

That’s it for today. I’ll be finishing my maintenance in the morning. Ran out of daylight tonight.

Here is the message from tha CB staff tonight about tomorrow: “Good Job Riders, maybe tomorrow we will have a tail wind? Couple fun climbs for sure tomorrow. Make sure you got good brakes as we will be doing sitgreaves pass a 8 mile stretch of 191 curves that is up and down.”

I’m so NOT looking forward to that! Lake Havasu tomorrow. 191 miles.

Over and out.

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One response to “Stage 13”

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    Patrick Spornitz

    Its just awesome what you are doing. Its a great plessure every morning seeing the news about your ride.
    I keep fingers crossed, im shure this will be the ride of a lifetime.
    ✌️🏁

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