Day 18 Gillette WY to Sundance WY 90 miles 4779 ft

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Today was sunny all day and started out about 50 degrees and ended up about 76.  Usually I write that  the beginning 30 miles has fantastic scenery -- not true today.  Horrible landscape for the first 30 miles and then beautiful as we started to ascend the black hills of Wyoming which of course lead to the black hills of South Dakota (Mount Rushmore).  There was a constant 15-20 mph headwind or cross wind for the ENTIRE ride.  If you think wind against you doesn't affect you  try it!
I rode to lunch at mile 53 and then started an intense 8% - 12% climb against the wind. You know what Jim Croce said "Don't spit into the wind", he was right and I add don't climb and deal with a headwind at the same time.  My fellow riders did it but I decided to get in the van half way up. In fact they came back to see how I was doing and I jumped at the chance to van it.  At the peak and about 6 miles to go to the end of the ride, I got back on the bike and had a fabulous descent to the Best Western.  The highlight of the ride today was to take an extra 13 mile add on to ride out to Devil's Tower National Monument. I skipped going and took pictures from the highway! 

Great scenery and an endless road to enjoy
the beauty. See it goes all the way to the trees


Train with about 100 cars went by
The gray monolith in the center is called Devils Tower
National Monument. It was an additional 13 miles to see
it up close. I opted for a distant view


Another shot of Devils tower



Trees at last

See the hay

Meat Processing Butcher in Sundance WY












































Notice how we parallel I90 on Route 14



Vertical line at 60 is wher I got in the van.




Departed:Sep 05, '18, 07:45AM
Starts in:Gillette, WY, US
Distance:65.3 mi
Elevation:+ 2644 / - 2569 ft
Max Grade
10.5 %
Avg. Grade
0.1 %
VAM333 Vm/h
Ascent time02:25:08
Descent time02:34:32
Total Duration:06:55:41
Moving Time:04:59:40
Stopped Time:01:56:01
Calories:1888
Avg. Watts:105
Max Speed:44.7 mph
Avg. Speed:13.1 mph
Pace:00:06:22
Moving Pace:00:04:35

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 6, 2018 at 5:45 PM

    Keep it going!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 6, 2018 at 7:09 PM

    Getting in the van and skipping to the good parts seems like the way to do it to me! ;-)

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