Wyoming

Aloha Everyone,
We made it to wyoming state number 7 and the end of section 6 map we only have 5 more sections to complete. We are approaching 3000 miles and my tires are holding up great I highly recommend the Schwalbe Marathon tires they are da bomb. I thought Molokai was windy but Wyoming is windier. We are in Rawlins Wyoming and so far we have seen a whole lot of wildlife, I spotted a bear sitting on a rock the other morning Ted got a good picture of him you can see it on his blog page which is accessible through the links on my home page. Tons of Pronghorns, they are so cute they have white fluffy butts, they are big deers. Bald Eagle, cows, horses and I guess we are in Rattlesnake country but haven't seen one of those. Today we are resting as tomorrow we are staying in a real Ghost Town, Jeffrey City it went bust after Cherlynobl incident, they were mining uranium went from 8000 people to under 100. We hear there is amotel in the town and one restaurant and maybe a Baptist church where we can sleep. So you probably will not hear from us for a day or two as we are really going out to the middle of Nowhere, we have prepared today stocking up on food to carry us over if need be and it sounds like we will have access to water. We are leaving super early in the morning hopefully by 5:30am as this is the only time the wind is not at gale force the only part is at that hour it is only about 47 degrees so many decisions:-) Wyoming has alot of bust towns we went through Sinclair yesterday all that is left is the refinery still operating. We also had to ride on I-80 for 13 miles with people driving 80-90 miles an hour it was a little scary but atleast we had a big shoulder to ride on with a lot of rubber tires and glass and general road debris. When we left the highway the flags on our bikes were blowing and we had a headwind for the rest of the ride, I got real hungry all of a sudden and had to stop and eat a cliff bar and drink some water. The folks here in Wyoming don't seem to like to move over for us bikers when traveling on their roads. We will make the Tetons by this weekend I can't wait we have another big climb but I hear the scenery is fantastic.
So until then keep the rubber side down and enjoy the ride