I slept in because I only had one section to conquer to Battle Mountain. Around 10:30 I did my daily pre check on the bike and noticed my rack had cracked from the absolute rough was of the day before. The rack is secured at four points on the bike. Two of them snapped in half. 
I didn’t know what to do. All the weight of my panniers was now resting on my rear fender. I had two options. Find some local who could weld my rack back together at noon on a Sunday in a town of 600 people or strap everything down and highway it to Winnemucca to find a welder. I walked across the street and sat in front of the only gas station and asked every single person that walked in if they knew of any one who could weld. I finally struck gold! A lady gave me the number of a guy named Tim Rosener who owns 4J Fabrication. His shop is behind his house and he had the rack welded back together in about 30 minutes. It was really impressive.
At 2pm and then arrived to Winnemucca for oil and a tire around 5. The next morning I went over to Sonoma Cycle and they threw my tire on and let me change my oil on the lift.
They even fixed my chain adjusters and loosened some bolts I’ve been battling since Colorado. It needed up being around 3 when we finished and my next stop, Fields Oregon, didn’t have any where to camp and hotels were full so I stayed one more night in Winnemucca. I plan on getting up at sunrise and heading to Mcdermitt, NV to pick up the trail.
Walker Benz ADV 