Day 32: Wamsutter,Wy to Rock Springs,Wy
Miles on the road:74
Temperature: High of 81, low of 48. I'm likin' that 48 a lot!
Route: I-80 West
Wind: crosswind....10-12 mph
Terrain: long, gradual hills. Lots of downhill today!
# of groundhogs I saw: 1,619
Songs stuck in my head: "Midnight Blue" -Lou Gramm "Fade Away" -Bodines
Today I thought about: The boys at PDS back in Memphis!
A cross-country touring "DON'T": Make sure you never have your odometer set on the "trip" section where you can look down and see how many miles you have covered. I always have mine set on the "max speed" section. That way, I'm not always trying to see how far I've gone. It allows you to just ride and not be constantly checking/being consumed with how far you've traveled. Now every couple hours or so I will push the "mode" button and check my distance covered. But you can't have it set there.
Random Quote of the Day: "My third wife who weighs 100 pounds did the John Meir trail once."
(from a guy that I was talking to at a rest stop)
INTERSTATE RIDIN'.........
I spent all of today on Interstate 80 West. Tomorrow, I'll travel appr. 40 miles and my time on I-80 will be complete as I head to Kemmerer, Wy. Then, it's onto Potatoland! Like I said yesterday, interstate riding is not all that bad because you have a gigantic shoulder. Yes, vehicles do travel extrememly fast with a speed limit of 75 mph. However, I've been on "federal highways" where the speed limit is 70- mph and you don't have half the shoulder that you do on an interstate. With all that said, I will be glad to be off I-80 as the noise and sheer volume of traffic takes away from the touring experience. More importantly, it scares my groudhog friends who live close to the road shoulder.
TODAY'S LIFE LESSON.......
Tonight, for the first time on this trip, I actually looked at a U.S. road map to see the "big picture" of the HUNGER RIDE. Oddly enough, my two thoughts literally went something like this. #1 "Man, I have a such a long way to go to get to Seaside,Oregon" ..........followed by thought #2 "Whoa, I've come so far.....I've like ridden my bike all this way"
It reminded of the lesson of life change/personal growth..........it involves small steps......in the same direction......for a long time......with your eyes focused on the prize. (see Hebrews 12:1,2)
TODAY I WAS BLESSED BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE.......
-The owner of the Quality Inn of Rock Springs for the bed with the funky colored bedspread, the mini-coffee pot that I won't use, and the the first floor room that's close to the main office where the complimentary breakfast will be served. Looks like we'll be having waffles tomorrow. SCORE!
-Tom at the Golden Corral for dinner
-Hunter in Memphis for a little "Wyoming Wind" on my voicemail
-Paul in Memphis for some Matt Foley, and as always your hilarious "beard quotes"
-AAA in Denver for some more SNL
3 Comments:
I can't decide if you're taking artistic pics these days or if your camera lense is mad at you for not having the choice to sit on the sofa all summer or ride 3,500 miles cross country.
those groundhogs are so cute!!
Bones, yesterday was "ride your bike to work day" - and so we did. I didn't see any groundhogs but I saw a man standing in a gondola on the plate river singing in italian for a commercial video shoot. Pretty entertaining.
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