Today’s Highlights:
Our stay in the Boy Scout camp included a very good dinner and a great band. I would have liked to sit and watch the band, because they was so good , but instead I listened from my tent while working on photos, and they played right up until I laid down to sleep. Camping out has never been this good. The night was also warmer than the previous two.
We got on the road at 7:00 this morning and after a couple miles we left the banks of the Snake River and headed up Hoback Canyon along the Hoback River. The sun was just rising, but it did not reach down into the canyon for a while. It was 45 degrees for the first hour of riding, but I am getting used to the cold now and it didn’t feel bad at all. It canyon was scenic and the Hoback flowed crystal clear.
Our route started with a 35-mile climb. Although the elevation map showed a very steady climb, it was actually long rolling hills in the beginning, then a very gradual climb that was easy, and only the last three miles were steep and took a little work. We crested at 7800 feet, and then had a very easy 30 miles through high plains into Pinedale. This region is a vast open plain surrounded by mountains far in the distance. The most prominent is the Wind River Range, which was west of us today. It has the highest peak in WY, Gannett Mt.
We had a rest stop in the tiny town of Bondurant – Population 100. Several of the town’s people were there to help hand out things to the riders. This has been the common practice in all the towns that CGY stops in, and everyone has been very friendly and helpful.
Pictures Of The Day:
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