Day 32 Lusk, WY -> Casper, WY

Monday 22 August 2011 Day 4 of week 5.  Day 32 on the road, Pedals Down...

It was a tough day for the riders of the Wild West Tour.  Maybe Wyoming does not like the three urban cowboys dressed in their tight spandex shorts and fancy shirts riding into town on their metal ponies.  Whatever the reason we received a beating during our 12 hours in the saddle.  The hot sun was blaring down on us and the wind blowing hard in our faces.

This peculiar part of Wyoming looks like a barren wasteland of dried grasses and weeds. Other than a few prong horn antelope there is really nothing interesting to look at as the wind pushes you backwards. Even the antelope are not that exciting anymore because they seem to be everywhere.  All you really want on a day like this is for the day to end and get off the bike.

Late in the afternoon we came upon a huge wind generator farm. We would have enjoyed the giant turbines a lot more if we had approached them with the wind at our backs pushing us swiftly by.  Instead it seemed to take forever to finally reach the 400’ tall spinning pinwheels as we crept up the ridge at 8mph.

Looks like we can expect more wind and heat tomorrow according to the latest weather forecast. Like I have said before what determines the distance traveled each day is the availability of a place to sleep. Today the space was 113 miles.  Tomorrow it looks like it will be over 120 miles.  Hopefully it will be more enjoyable.

One other thing.  We see some “bumps” off on the horizon….. does anyone know what these bumps might be??

113 Miles

3980 Feet of Climbing

Temperature 85 - 98 degrees