The day started with an immediate climb of approximately 1600 feet. The traffic immediately outside of Ennis was a little heavy but it died down quickly. Going up and over the pass traffic died down to just a few cars. Once at the top it was downhill to Virginia City and Nevada City. Both of which are well preserved communities from the 1800s. The buildings still standing from that era in Virginia City have been converted to retail establishments. However, in Nevada City the buildings are preserved and it is very much like a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there it was more downhill to Sheridan but with headwinds. At Twin Bridges we changed direction and started heading southwest to Dillon. It was the right time to change direction because there were storms immediately to the north west. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s stats: total mileage 71.78, average speed 12.6 mph, elevation gain 2434 feet, elevation loss 2313 feet, maximum speed 31.6 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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