Day 17 Sheridan WY to Gilette WY 108 miles 4776 climbing

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Once again the weather was cool in the morning (50 and about 75 in the afternoon) with full sun all day and a east north east 10-15 mph wind.  Because of climbing in the first 13 miles I initially took the van and then hopped out and rode through great scenery for about 16 miles.  We then turned directly into the wind on Route 14. The scenery changed from great to not great. The road for the next 80 miles was constant up and down hills and almost perfectly straight with grasslands, cows and sheep all the way After about 10 miles the head wind was too much so I got in the van and when the road turned south toward Gillette which was about 35 miles away from the town I once again biked. At lease now it was sort of a tail wind.  Along the way to Gillette we passed through a town with a population of 2 and another with a population of 476. Doesn't seem possible does it? Gillette has about 30,000 people and a large strip mining coal industry.  We stayed at the Hampton Inn. Which news station do you think was on?  RIGHT FOX News.

100miles of this




Once a happy homestead

Interesting Formation

Strip Mining is Alive and Well in Gilette WY

More of the same! 




Wild life a little too far away








































































lunch  on the road

Rest stop complements of Trek Travel


Historic Jail

Buffalo at the hotel

















































Town of 2 people  - bar and great ice cream sandwiches

Tara enjoying the stop at the painted Pony

Interesting Ranch Sign

Easy care farn animals

Easy care farm animals

More easy care







I biked only 63.4 miles of the 108 and climbed only 2462 out of 4776 feet


Straing line in middle is van travel



Straight line on left is van travel and then in middle is van travel

Departed:Sep 04, '18, 08:13AM
Starts in:Sheridan, WY, US
Distance:64.8 mi
Elevation:+ 2462 / - 2179 ft
Max Grade
6.3 %
Avg. Grade
0.2 %
VAM263 Vm/h
Ascent time02:50:55
Descent time01:53:39
Total Duration:08:25:32
Moving Time:04:44:34
Stopped Time:03:40:58
Calories:1897
Avg. Watts:111
Max Speed:32.2 mph
Avg. Speed:13.7 mph
Pace:00:07:48
Moving Pace:00:04:23










Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 5, 2018 at 7:15 AM

    Don’t sell yourself short. I ONLY biked 0 miles today. You still biked over 60. Power of positivity

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  2. UnknownSeptember 5, 2018 at 6:52 PM

    We have a big map of the US in our bedroom we are following your trip on. Really puts the distances in perspective lol.

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