Monday, August 4, 2014

Day 7 - Dillon to Wisdom, 66 miles 2800 ft climbing

 There were a couple of long steady climbs today... not steep, maybe 6%... but longish, about 8 miles each and they were pretty high... 7000-7500 ft., so pedaling a loaded bike up them took a bit of time.
After that last summit, we had a very nice roll down into an enormous valley, on our way to Wisdom.
There must be a Chinese proverb about this... Wisdom is always just out of sight.

We were on this road for 15 miles and saw Prong Horn Antelope, Skunk, Osprey and a fox when we reached our campground for the night.


Today, for the first the on this trip, we met other bike tourists: a father and son who were riding part of the Great Divide trail on mountain bikes, a solo woman who had started in Virginia and is headed for the Pacific coast, and a guy who is headed home to Wyoming. Last year, we saw other riders almost every day.


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