days 6 to 9

Hi Folks,
After 9 days in the rockies i am stuffed.If you dont know aussie venacular it means very exhausted.Today is a day off and i am walking around like a zombie,i can hardly move.It has been full on.There were mountains over 12,ooo ft that took 8 hrs to ride up,barely keeping the bike moving.Freezing nights and sleeping out have caught up with me .

Coming out of the mountains yesterday i was hit by another extreme and that was a 92 degree day which was a bit of a shock after the cold and added to the exhaustion.I finally arrived at a town and stayed at a hostel to get some much needed rest.

To see the beauty of the mountains made it all worth it and i wont bother to try and describe it as i wouldnt do it justice but i think it may be even more spectacular than the mountains i climbed to the Everest base camp i did a few years ago.

I still have another day of riding before crossing into Utah where it looks like the challenge will be coping with 100 degress + heat and making sure i find enough water along the way.

I have now hit the 6000kms and as i have done alot of riding at night i think i am ahead of schedule and hope to finish sometime in October.I cant believe this thing will finally come to an end but that still seems along way off and anything can happen between now and then.

Would love to hear from some of you who have been following this journey by posting a comment just to convince me i am not talking to myself.I do appreciate all the support i have received in many ways along the trip as it would not have been possible for me to get this far without it, so thanks heaps.

Go the crows.For those not from Australia,we in Adelaide have a strange love for crows that started in 1991 when thousands of people would gather to watch them every week or two and developed an even greater love for them in 1997 and 98 due to seeing them in full flight.There are a few losers that dont like them but we dont worry about those that cant appreciate how good they are. Check them out if you ever come here.They mainly hang out in the suburb of West Lakes.

A joke for the kids. QWhy cant an elephant ride a bicycle?
A.Because he doesnt have a thumb to ring the bell.
Q.What is the hardest part of learning to ride a bike.
A.The road.
Q.Why couldnt the bicycle stand up for itself.
A.Because it was two tyred.

Well i must be tired so i better go before the jokes get worse.
Utah should be interesting .The mormons might see me as a possible recruit seeing i am halfway there with my bicycle but i dont like there uniforms.

Bye for now,
Bernie