Author: msuding

We skipped our normal first breakfast of oatmeal at camp and went directly to Our Place restaurant for breakfast. We hopped on an old school bus and went to the “put in” for our rafting trip down the Shoshone River. … Read the rest

The ride to Cody is a short one and we arrived before noon. Cody was mostly created by Buffalo Bill as a tourist attraction back in 1895. Signs say he was the most famous American of his day.

We took … Read the rest

We got a breakfast burrito at Dairyland and headed up highway 120 to the small town of Meeteetsee. It was almost as shadeless and desolate as the Sandhills of Nebraska. We stopped at a rest stop near the end and … Read the rest

This time we were able to dodge the morning sprinklers in Shoshoni park. We rode north on highway 20 along the shores of Boysen Lake then along the Bighorn River. It’s a majestic deep canyon and we stopped several times … Read the rest

Bicycle touring is a niche hobby for sure. Not many people like it and have the time to do it. Brent loves it AND has the time. He will be meeting up with us hopefully August 2nd in The town … Read the rest

We said goodbye to Dillon and Fort Caspar campground and rode to breakfast at Hayden’s Place. Our waitress, Sara, was fun to chat with and told us about her hometown in Upper Peninsula, Michigan. A new local, Jacob, sat next … Read the rest

On the list today: get a bolt for my pannier bag, rotate our tires, install sealant liquid in our inner tubes, get a new chain and haircut for Steve, grocery shop, etc.

G-ma’s for breakfast then to the bike shop. … Read the rest

Don, the cyclist we met yesterday, showed up at 7am ready to ride with us – but when he found out we’re riding some gravel roads, he decided not to. His road bike didn’t have wide enough tires – bummer. … Read the rest

I.e. dogs are greater than crosswinds.

We rode in a cross wind most of the day which is certainly not as bad as a headwind. The tiny towns we rode by didn’t have any stores or restaurants so we kept … Read the rest

Sorry

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I’m embarrassed to admit it but we were woken up by sprinklers in Harrison park. It’s our first time because I think this trip is the first time we’ve camped in city parks.

We started early again and saw the … Read the rest

We did another early start to beat the heat especially since today had some relative hills to climb. Since no restaurants were open at 5am when we started in Chadron, we rode 23 miles to Crawford to get breakfast at … Read the rest

We must have looked suspicious packing up our campsite with lights on our heads in the city park but we wanted to get an early start of 5:30. Nancy, our waitress at Antelope Cafe, talked Steve into this over size … Read the rest

We started riding at 5:40am to try to beat the heat today (only 92). Our destination is Gordon, 53 miles away.

We met Sean and Sam riding from Astoria to NYC with RAGBRAI on the way. We thought they were … Read the rest

When Tria, whom we met a couple of days ago, heard we were going to try to ride to Merriman on a 100+ degree day, she generously paid for us to use a friends cabin in Cody so we could … Read the rest