Sunday, June 03, 2018

Day #49-Riverside to Rawlins, WY 59 miles

We left our traveling friends Mike and Richard today.  They’re taking a short day to Saratoga to go to church and soak in the hot springs.  We’re heading to Rawlins to pick up Steve’s replacement phone that’s been shipped to the post office. 

Another wonderful riding day with mild temperatures and light winds.  We’ve been riding generally north but today the route bent back west.  As you can see from the photo there are no trees, just lots of sagebrush.  Not many cars either. We continued to see antelope in the brush,  sometimes they’d run off but most times they just kept an eye on us as we passed.  

We met Diego and Klaus, two guys from Brazil,  riding the TransAmerica Trail west to east.  They’re the first cyclists we’ve met who started where we’ll finish Astoria, Oregon.  Diego mentioned that the TransAmerica race just got underway.  The leader rode more than 300 miles the first day! We’ll see the race coming towards us within the next week.  We exchanged information about the road ahead.  They warned us to be prepared for wind.

We decided to get a motel room in light of Steve’s need for reliable internet access.  The library doesn’t open until 10:00. 

Rawlins elevation=6834’

So far:

Days=49 (7 weeks)

Miles=2547

Average daily miles=52

Days with no riding=2

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh yes cross winds can be tremendous. Absolutely nothing to break it. I know you will be in very sketchy internet country for awhile. Take care

Unknown said...

"Oh, give me a home, where the deer and antelope play, and the sky is not cloudy all day." That is an awesome daily average, especially in the elevation!

Tom said...

Thanks guys! Looks like maybe a tail wind today?! Steve and Tom are happy! It’s not cloudy by the way!

dooniexc said...

"where the buffalo roam"?