Biking with Bill

HOME ON THE RANGE


( note; July 4 journal and photos were posted late due to inability to access internet)

Dubois, after its boisterous community celebration of the 4th of July with fireworks, square dancing and street singing–and a little beer I suppose–was quiet this morning at 6:30 am. We finished breakfast at the Cowboy Café and headed to Riverton, WY, 80 miles East on another beautiful day for biking.

With our longest mileage day from Riverton to Casper coming up tomorrow–120 MILES-, we were pleased to see that today’s topography chart was basically downhill. We would bike from 6900 feet elevation in Dubois to 5000 feet in Riverton. This was not to be a strenuous day, but rather a scenic and enjoyable cycling day in the open range and wild West country of Central Wyoming.

We crossed the Wind River several times today as we continued the ride down from the mountains of the past 2 days. We stopped to take a photo of a lone antelope grazing in an open field.

We did have some rolling hills from time to time, but mainly an easy descent through red rock canyons initially, and then the endless open range through an Indian Reservation and past ranch land stretching to the horizon.

The only town we saw on the way to Riverton was the town of Kinnear (pop 44), where the large and picturesque Ocean Lake is located. We could see it for several miles.

We dropped into the pleasant town of Riverton and had finished our Mexican lunch (West-Mex it’s called) by noon. It was 87 degrees on our arrival at the Comfort Inn. We watched the World Cup game on TV in the motel lobby (or worked on our blogs) until the rooms were ready.

From what I have seen of Wyoming, I think “the Cowboys” is a very appropriate nick-name for the University’s sports teams.

Bill