Riverside Park, Douglas, Wyoming
Miles: 60 MPH: 14 Max: 37 Total: 1329
What a difference a day makes! Feeling great again!!
Wyoming is hillier than expected, but then I'm not sure what I based my expectations on! Actually the hills were nice today as you could feel a breeze on the downhill. It's stinking hot again, but we filled our camel-backs with ice to keep both our water and our backs cool - worked well!
Wyoming is hillier than expected, but then I'm not sure what I based my expectations on! Actually the hills were nice today as you could feel a breeze on the downhill. It's stinking hot again, but we filled our camel-backs with ice to keep both our water and our backs cool - worked well!
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| Wyoming loves their Jack-o-lopes! |
Jack and I debated about the best route to get to Douglas. Several folks in Casper gave their advice. Our choices -- the interstate or a back road. The back road was about 10 miles longer and much hillier.......Jack voted for the interstate and I argued for the back road (sometimes I'm not sure he is my son :-) He won! Turned out to be a nice ride. The cars were fast (speed limit 75 mph) on the interstate but traffic was lighter than we would have at home around town and the shoulder was smooth and very adequate. Also it took us through the town of Glenrock - a mini little gem where we found friendly folks, good coffee and a scrumptious breakfast. The bathrooms here were labeled "Sitters" and "Pointers!!" haha!! Everyone wanted to know about our trip -- we love being celebrities!
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| Resting at the visitor center! |
Easily we made it to our destination, Douglas. Stopped at the visitor center where they sent us to an old fashioned ice-cream parlor - OMG so good! Also, told us where we could camp for FREE on the beautiful river. I love Free!! But you know the saying, "There is NO Free lunch!!" In the middle of the night, "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", from a dead sleep, we both sat straight up as the sprinklers came on full force! For some reason, I can picture the host at the visitor center, with her huge smile (an evil smile :-) as she told me how beautiful Riverside Park was with it's lush grass and trees and that we could camp there for free!!!!
Temps continue to be record highs, so we're doing a bit of trip planning at the air conditioned library -- our favorite library so far!
Another easy ride tomorrow and then onto South Dakota!
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| Ice Cream -- so scrumptious! |
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