Today we finally got back on our bikes, and since we wanted to just jump right back into the deep end, we had a 120 mile day. The funny thing about today was that everybody thought it would be incredibly difficult. Aside from being very long, we thought there would be tons of climbing, including a mountain at the end of the day. In order to make sure that as many people rode as many miles as possible, we thought that job of water van should be taken in 20 mile shifts, so no one had to be biking for so long.
Believe it or not, we've crossed over the continental divide so many times that it's kind of getting old. For some reason I can't find a picture of myself with this sign, so here is one of Margarethe and Emily Lake
Well turns out the day was so much easier than anticipated. We had favorable wind all morning, and although there were some climbs, nothing too intense, and definitely no mountain at the end. Oops.. Well, surprise no mountain is much more preferable to surprise mountain, so I doubt anybody cared (although we do like climbing mountains!)
Tonight's hosts, the Covenant Presbyterian Church, are really wonderful. We have the chance to eat dinner with them outside, while looking at the surrounding mountains and hills and beautiful landscapes of Wyoming. I learned that unlike Nebraska, a lot of people who live in Wyoming aren't actually from the state originally. When we were in Nebraska, especially in the small towns, it was hard to find someone who was from a different state. At most, you might find someone from a different part of the Nebraska, but that would be about it. Here we met people from all over - I suppose it's no surprise they want to live in such a beautiful state.
After dinner (which featured coffee at the end... which we all drank of course, even though we needed to go to bed in just a few hours... but actually it was great), the hosts showed us to the Sinks Canyon Park, where water rushes down into a hole and emerges out at a different site after about two hours. I don't exactly understand what is going on, but it was really beautiful and we all took a ton of pictures.
As usual, pictures don't really do it justice, but believe me these sights were spectacular. If you're from the East Coast, you should be jealous
It's great to have made it here on our bikes today - it really makes seeing theses places all that more special and meaningful knowing that we biked there.
No comments:
Post a Comment