Saturday 28/5/05

Arrived in Ely today, a ride of nearly 70 miles over two 2000ft climbs. On the way back down to Ely over the 2nd we didn't even get to free wheel down as the wind was strongly against us. Stopped to eat our lunch at a bar in the middle of nowhere called Majors Junction. It was the only building we had seen since leaving the border. We thought it would be desserted but we found it to be suprisingly full. This is however Memorial day weekend out here, the official start of the Summer so everyone in the states that can is heading somewhere for their three day weekend and a large number of people, for some reason are inundating Ely. We have never seen a campsite so full. There was one pitch left when we arrived and all the RV sites were taken. Its absolute madness for such a nowhere place. We had a day off tommorow so we painted the town red that night. Went to the casino first which was slot machine after slot machine. Alex lost $20 on Texas Holdem with two pair 10's and aces vs a guy with a straight, gutted, and Mark after gaining a large number of quarters managed to loose the majority again. We left and headed to a bar or two and didn't leave till 3.00am and rode back to the camp site singing christmas songs the whole way back. Fun, fun, fun.

Snapped this one on Ely Main Street, pretty cool: