Tuesday 23 August 2011 Day 5 of the 5'th week. Day 33 on the road.
And now "The Rest of the Story" - Wyoming handed out another severe beating to the Outlaw Spandex Gang once again. A sustained, unrelenting torturous 20 to 35+mph head wind punished us from the moment we hit the road.
Our bikes were loaded down with extra liquids due to the distances between watering holes. We were told not to expect any services for almost 100 miles. The extra weight made the wind barrage that much more enjoyable as we climbed the hills against it. As we tried to pedal up the hill the wind kept trying to shove us back down.
Even with the extra water the heat and hot wind blowing on us made us consume much more water than we expected. Our skin was sandy feeling with salt from our sweat. When we rolled through the town Power River Ken stopped at a house to ask for water.
Like the other two towns we went through today there are no stores, gas stations or stop signs.
So far we are not impressed with the scenery in the state of Wyoming. All we have seen is grasslands and weeds. Nothing else.
I hope it will improve because the locals say the stiff winds are here to stay.
Put today on the top of the same list of crummy days as that yesterday is on. We were on the bikes just under 14 hours arriving at our motel at 10:30PM after some fine dining at Wendy’s Hamburger.
What we thought was low clouds on the horizon was actually smoke from large brush fires in burning in Dubois and Jackson Wyoming. The setting sun was partially obscured by the low smoke.
Our wagon train is headed for both of these cities and road closing could be a concern.
123 Wind Blown Miles
3780 Feet of Climbing
Temperature 85 - 95 degree
308993.6
Riverton, WY is the destination for the day. More than 120 mile day. The team is underway on Pedal Power this morning. Makin miles. They each have about 2 gallons of water onboard. Lets see. 2 gallons X 8 pounds = 16 pounds. 50 pounds of "stuff", 20 pounds of bicycle, 180 pounds of human = about 275 pounds into a 25 MPH wind for 10 hours. Now that should burn some calories..
And there are some of those "Lumps" to contend with towards the end of the day. Nice when you can get bonus points for windy miles...
the only thing i can come up with for a bump is a huge hill,but for three tough guys from ct.the mid west has nothing for you guys keep up the hard work and keep on Trucking!
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