We left the beautiful scenery and wildlife of the park behind us and headed out on the open road again. At least we had a hard shoulder to ride on again and not as much traffic to cope with. Before long we entered Grand Teton National Park, again more traffic but beautiful mountains to distract us. The Teton mountain range is quite spectacular. We spent the night in a place called Hatchet Resort outside the park (very overpriced). Nonetheless, a BED!!
On Thursday 8th July we crossed Togwotee Pass, our second highest pass of the entire Trans Am route....9658 feet. On the way up, about 2 miles before the summit we came upon major roadworks. We were told that it is against Wyoming law for cyclists to go through roadworks like that so a pickup came and took us upwards for about a mile!!! What joy!! Then we had to walk over very rough ground for a couple of miles before throwing ourselves in the snow on the summit!! the same procedure again on the way down!! I like Wyoming law!! We spent that night in the lovely town of Dubois and relaxed with a couple of beers on the motel deck overlooking the Wind river.
A long day on Friday, 75 miles to Lander, where we decided to spend 2 nights and have a bit of relaxation. I was due a visit to the hairdressers!!! All taken care of satisfactorily!! We had a very nice motel in Lander with a free hot breakfast!!!! The waitress kept saying "you betcha!!!" and the pancakes were great!!!
Sunday turned out to be much longer than intended and by the end of the day we had covered 80 miles!! I had a top downhill speed of 33.4 mph!!! We had planned to stay at a motel in Jeffrey City but that city had closed up and gone and there wasnt much left...only one cafe,run by very strange people!!! We went on to the next place, Muddy Gap and the campsite there had vanished!!!! Luckily we found a room in a trailer to rent and that was bliss after the long ride.Lights out at 8.20 and we slept soundly till 5.30!!!
Today we made it to Rawlins which is the end of our 5th map. Never in my life have I had to cycle against such a headwind!!! We were being blown into the road and nearly taken in the slipstream of huge lorries. Not an easy ride! Evidently Wyoming is well known for its winds!
We have now done approximately 1680 miles and will have reached halfway by the end of map 6.
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