Alone on The Pony Express Trail

First time bike touring / bikepacking alone in the west desert in western Utah. Followed the Pony Express Trail from Camp Floyd in Fairfield Utah out to the Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge but ran out of water and had to turn back after Lookout Pass. Bike touring, bike packing, alone, ADV 1.1 touring bike, co-op, REI brand. Cheap bike touring / bike packing meals, camping on BLM land, Bureau of land management