Day 30: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 We rode from Dubois to Lander – 77.7 miles with a climb of 2000 feet. Ray and Mary Hanson had helped us find lodging for tomorrow night when the mileage from Lander to Rawlins was 125 miles and we did not want that long a day! Ray put us in touch with someone in Muddy Gap and we arranged for a room there so the mileage would only be 85 miles and then a short day into Rawlins on Thursday. Then Ray and Mary invited us to stay at their home in Lander tonight and that has been such a pleasure for us. They are avid bikers and tandemers so they shared lots of stories about their tours and local rides.
We finally arrived in Lander after 5 p.m. and felt that there was no way we could handle an 85 mile day tomorrow—so Mary is going to give us a lift up to Sweetwater Station to avoid the long climb out of Lander first thing in the morning and our mileage will only be about 43 miles instead of 85. We will just have to come back here some day and ride that little section—maybe!
Since I started talking about Ray and Mary I will insert their photo first and then get on with the scenery of this day's ride
I took more than 200 photos today so it has been hard to choose which ones to insert.
leaving Dubois
I missed this sign coming in yesterday because it was pouring rain! Much nicer this morning
We stopped at the store and met up with some more of the Great Divide Tour riders as they were leaving in the other direction
heading South out of Dubois
view to the left
more to the left
ahead to the right
to the left again because that is where the beautiful red rocks were
ahead to the right
along the Wind River to the left
crossing the Wind River
now on the right
crossed it again back to the left
looking back
We think this used to be Burris
No signs anywhere
first sighting of Crowheart Butte
getting closer
We met up with Luca Barone from Milan, Italy
He flew into New York, then to West Yellowstone and is now riding to Las Vegas
we had the Butte in view for many, many miles
now we are passing it
view to the right
and now it is in our rear view mirror
truly!
here is our turn toward Lander
This couple are from Seattle and started their ride in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in May– so they are almost home!!!!
another look back at the Butte
try pulling a two wheel trailer on this
