Chris, Brendon, and I didn't get enough of the gnarly descent so we road up the old highway (which had much more spectacular views) and then back down highway 22. As we climbed up we past several single track trail heads, very tempting. Living here, it would be hard to exhaust the riding options. I beat yesterdays record by one mile an hour (52.1 MPH).
Right now we are in Wilson, WY staying with Walt, a guy we hardly met yesterday who is on Warm Showers. Although we met him through the friendly folks at Wilson Backcountry Sports, a shop that our new friend Brian (from Ketchum) told us to check out. We've been experiencing 6 degrees of separation, maybe even less. The mountain biking community has been kind to us and the flow continues to be strong. Walt leads trail building in the area, acting as the liaison between the US Forest Service and local trail advocacy organizations. When we met him yesterday he was having lunch with a crew of prison inmates who had been working for 3 weeks on a new trail. They completed in 3 weeks what a normal volunteer crew can complete in a season. Walt, used to having bike touring folks at his house, took off for the weekend and left us his house. The kindness and trust we've been experiencing ceases to amaze me, but reassures me that there are more good people than bad out there.
Have a great 4th!!!
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Hi Derek, You guys are doing this for a lot of us, but don't crack under that pressure! I once started out from Boston heading to Cal and made it to Harrisberg, Pa, 600 miles. I was totally unprepared, never having ridden, but it was thrilling nevertheless. We used cemeterys as our sleeping spots so didn't have to contend with sprinklers! Great idea the night riding - do you have lights? Interesting observations about people, trust, etc, and the whole food situation - great food for thought, pardon the bad pun. Stay vertical guys - wish I could send you some Cliff bars someplace....
Jeff and Nonie
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