Day 49, Next Interview in 5 Minutes

We write from Hanksville, which the few that have been to this town know that there is not much here. But it has been quite accommodating--for one thing, it has cold beverages, which is pretty exciting when for the past couple of days you haven't seen a single town or home. Nothing but canyons means no refrigerators, which means warm water and Gatorade to drink. Mmmm not so much the babe style!

We had a gorgeous morning of cycling, but lots of climbing which means lots of time to ponder the many rocks you see. We did see some petroglyphs and some cave art of a princess from 10,000 - 15,000 years ago. The princess art was in an amphitheater-like cave about a football field tall and a football field and a half wide. It was a good place to yell ECHO and also to imagine having been cavewomen, although unlike the grunting cavewomen, we two babes would have been much more Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble.

Dinner this evening after our somehow very long 52 miles was chock full of events. We met a couple who is going to give us a private tour of the late "Ernie the Rock Guy"'s Rock Shop here in Hanksville tomorrow morning. We met two German women who we recognized seeing at a Salida, CO convenience store about a week and a half ago. We met two other Western-bound bikers headed to San Francisco. That's about as much excitement as you could ask for in Hanksville! We also were asked probably ten million times just today (in addition to the four billion times we have been asked along the trip) what we are doing and where we are going. We're thinking of concocting a "FAQ" sheet for all question-askers. It would look something like this:

We are coming from Boston.
We are headed to San Francisco.
We are taking 9 weeks in total.
We have been on the road for (insert total time here).
We plan on being in San Fran beginning of October.
We left Boston beginning of August.
We camp mostly, but have stayed in some motels.
4,000 miles total.
Yes, we went over the Rockies.
No, we do not take interstate highways.
No, we are not biking back home.
No, you may not have our phone numbers!