TUESDAY, MAY 27TH

Tuesday, May 27th was a planned "rest-day" for The Team. We started off the day at 10am looking for a bite to eat in the town of Elko, Nevada, when we stumbled upon a rare site; Fronton Handball Courts. Fronton is a Basque handball sport played in these parts (due to the heavy Basque influence in this historical silver mining town). The Team, and myself, didn't step off the court for the next 6 hours.


Plaque at the Fronton Courts in Elko, NV. The locals were in awe of DF and EP's play and drew large crowds off and on all day long. Miss you Elko!!


Emmett Peixoto played 40 to 60 tough matches on this day and NEVER lost a game. At one point, Dave Fink requested that I referee the match, then he kicked me off the court for not standing in the right place. Good Dude!


Fronton is played with similar 1-wall rules, except you have to hit the ball over the 3 foot front wall line (ie. Squash).


Dave Fink goes for his left-handed fist punch-drive shot as Emmett awaits. Sure, DF was 0-for-the-day vs. EP, but DV was sent licking his wounds vs. DF!!!



After winning 100% of his matches, The Rock stops off for a quickie photo pose before getting his costume on for the day-ending bike ride.


Toyota Tundra looks-on as our "rest day" turned into all-out-war on the Fronton Court.

We eventually found our food and, at 5pm, The Team decided that they wanted to hit the road (not planned) for a shot at 50 miles before the sun went down. So, we were back on our bikes, converting a "rest-day" into a full day of ball and bike riding.



Dave and Emmett celebrating as they crossed over a cattle guard without recking. Heck, 1-13 isn't bad!!! The desert is a lonely place and the scenery wasn't too spectacular here.

20 miles out of Elko, Dave Fink pulled over to the side of the road demanding to hit Golf Balls into the Nevada Desert. For those that know Fink, if you don't react correctly, you will be hearing about it for WEEKS! I pulled the pace truck over and unloaded Dave's sticks for some road-side driving.


Dave Fink is so good at Golf that his club had not one scratch after sending 25 balls into the desert!

We got back into action, but before we knew it, we were in Wells, Nevada. The Team was not phased by the falling sun, and continued for another seemingly quick 40 miles to Wendover, Nevada (Utah Border) where we found a small camp ground neighboring a golf course.

Guess what came next?

Fink drives more balls on the Golf range; meanwhile, DV and EP take in some awesome scenery as we approach the Utah border.

This day ended with a good 100 miles of riding... ALL AFTER 5PM!!! Tomorrow its a jaunt into and across the Utah border. More updates on the way.....

-DV