Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Made it to Rawlins today. Lots of wind! The entire ride we battled a 30 - 40 mph cross-wind coupled with a narrow road (essentially no shoulder)and what seemed like non-stop 65 mph truck traffic from both directions. Yesterday (Tuesday, May 29) we rode from Lander to Lamont, with an extra 6 miles thrown in at the end for good measure from Lander to Bairoil to set up a tent to sleep. Thanks to a 20 mph tail-wind a good part of the way from Lander to Jeffery City, despite lots of climbing (2400 ft),we decided to push on at Jeffery City (a bar/cafe was the only thing there). Of course the wind changed to a head wind and cross wind with more climbing to come at Muddy Gap (gas station only). We crossed the Continental Divide the 3rd time since day one and luckily found a cafe open(Anna Lope' Cafe) just as it was starting to get dark. A patron of the cafe(Dee)offered a place on her property to put up our tent for the night in the town of Baroil 6 miles away on a side road. In total we rode 104.3 miles. That is a new long distance ride for us on the tandem with the trailer-we were definitely feeling the weight of the trailer those last few miles.

3 comments:

  1. We eagerly await your blogs posts. You are amazing! Bill and Sharon

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  2. Know you are having a fascinating look at America by road. Be safe and keep blogging!

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  3. You two are so inspiring! Two of the most amazing people I know. :-) Really miss crossfitting with you, Betsy!

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