Day 35 Dubois, WY -> Moran, WY

Thursday 25 August 2011 Day 7 of the 5'th week. Day 35 on the road

Today should be the shortest travel day we will or have had on the tour.
The availability of motels in the Yellowstone area is the reason for our short day.  Knowing we had less than 50 miles to ride we did not get moving too quickly in the morning.
We still woke by 6AM but did not rush to get out the door as usual.  And once on the road we did not push.

A couple miles out of town we ran into a cyclist with a fully loaded mountain bike with knobby tires.
His name was Mike and he lives in New Zealand.
He traveled here to ride the Great Divide off-road route from Canada all the way to Mexico!
Only 10% of this 2500 mile route is on a paved road.  This was one tough dude.

A few more miles down the road we stopped at a store for some water and met three motocross riders that were doing the same 2500 miles off-road trip by motorcycle.
What a pounding that has to be - day after day.
They carried extra fuel and supplies on their bikes. The incredible part is that two of the riders are over 60 years old and the other is over 50!
More tough dudes.

 The skies threatened to rain on us for awhile in the morning but it never happened.  The wind was not a big factor today as we were in the mountains.
We had basically one big climb to a little over 9500’ that took a few hours to complete.
You begin to notice the tinner air as you cross over the 8500’ mark.
Not bad but noticeable.


48 Miles
3351 Feet of Climbing
Temperature 75-85 degrees
3216 overall
91.88 MPD ave

Could be spotty cell coverage today as the team heads up the hill into Grand Teton National Park.