Day 3

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Miles: 174.2
Total Riding Time: 6 hours
Hanksville -> Capitol Reef -> Bryce

Today did not begin on a good note. During the night, I woke up to a soaking wet sleeping bag. No, I did not wet my pants. While rolling around, I must have rolled onto the camelbak nozzle, which caused a flood on my side. After drying off and stealing a bit of Anne's sleeping bag, I went back to sleep. Shortly after waking up, I realized that my key was nowhere to be found. I went through every single bag of ours but it was not to be found. Although I packed a spare key, I was really annoyed at myself for loosing something that important. On my way to the bathroom before leaving the trailer park, I noticed my key lying right there on the road.

By the time we reached Capitol Reef, we were hungry from all the morning festivities. We went into the visitor center to collect our 2nd stamp, took few pictures and went on our merry way to Torrey, where we took a nice long break. We were definitely feeling the pain and soreness now. How foolish of me to think that we could do 350-450 miles per day.

While eating a delicious Subway sandwich (yes, they are quite delicious after living on canned and instant food for few days), we observed a couple trying to figure out how to use a communication system on a motorcycle. Quite a funny sight. We felt pretty good that our left hand signaling system is $1000 cheaper.

After the break, we began riding on UT12. Similar to UT95, 12 is filled with twisties and amazing views. Since we were going through higher elevation, the temperature dropped and was a more comfortable ride than riding in 110 degree weather. Anne continued to practice on taking a straighter lines through the turns.

We reached Bryce Canyon at around 4 PM. After circling through the North Campground and finding that there's none left, we were told that the 2nd campsite might be full as well. Not giving up, we headed to the Sunset Campground to try our luck. To our surprise, this campsite was only about 10% filled. We picked the flattest campsite, unloaded, showered, cooked, and did some laundry. Fatigue has finally set in. We decided to stay another day at Bryce to rest up.

今天一早Eric發現他的機車鑰匙不見了, 心情壞的不得了, 所以我就很倒楣的被他罵著玩, 還好我們有備用鑰匙, 所以還不至於太糟. 就在要離開營地之前, 突然在地上找到了 (好家在, 不然我一整天都要活在暴風圈裡). 第一站 Capitol Reef國家公園, 蓋完章之後拍拍屁股走人. 到了Torrey休息了好久, 因為我們全部的戰鬥力都在第一天用完了. Eric吃了一整條subway三明治 (piggy piggy). 之後騎公路12, 嚇的我半條命都沒了, 因為我有懼高症, 騎山路簡直是要我的命, 有一度路兩旁就是懸崖……完全不想回想這一段可怕的記憶.

等我們到達終點站Bryce國家公園時大約四點, 營區已經完全客滿, 不禁令我懷疑為何大家都閒閒沒事. 去問了公園管理員之後發現還有第二營區, 不死心的我們就去一探究竟. 出乎意料的, 這個營區空的很, 紮營之後, 去洗個澡 (十分鐘兩塊錢美金, 我前一個人沒有洗到10分, 所以我洗免錢的, 哇哈哈), 吃個飯之後就睡大覺了.