06/24 Day 15, Wyoming
Temperatures
were warmer in the basin so getting up at first light was not as bad as the
last time we bivied at Holland Lake
The roads
early were dry but soft and took more energy to ride. Like the day before, there was climbing but
most of it was on the short side but steep.
Threatening storms hovered nearby most of the morning but the day
eventually turned sunny and hot.
It was 60
miles to a reservoir, the only available water before Rawlins. STB was out of water when we got there and I
was shocked by how much I had left. Not
drinking enough or don’t need as much?
Perhaps my fluffier build stores more water.
There is
not a lot to say about the basin. It is
vast, open and desolate. The road
stretched out in front of us to the mountains on the horizon and provided a
visual reference for the enormity of covering the span on a bike.
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| Great Basin - storms, blue skies and a road that goes on forever |
We saw some
cattle but more rodents I think. They
live in holes on the side of the road and seem to run across in front of us
just for fun. We also saw some pronghorn
antelope and a bunny or 2 to round out our Mutual of Omaha experience.
We arrived
in Rawlins dead tired and hungry. We’d
not been in a real town for 2 days and were looking forward to a good meal and
a bed. The side of town we came in on
was industrial and littered with fast food chains. After asking a local, we were directed to
Penny’s diner; “you have to go there”.
Had we read Paul Howard’s other book, Two Wheels on my Wagon, we would
have known better. Dirty, disgusting
food, apathetic help. Nuff said. At least
full, we found a hotel with a grocery near by and repeated the familiar cycle –
eat, shop, laundry occasionally, tend to bike, sleep. Of course the promised guest computer was
broken.
The only
bright spot if you will was a fantastic double rainbow we saw after a storm
blew through while we ate.
Notes – 2
CD crossings, part of route on California Trail, never go to Rawlins.
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