Written by Dave Day 37 – July 4 – 45 Miles, 1,734 feet climbing (Custer to Rapid City) Our night in the tiny cabin worked out just fine. I think that I was the only one who slept through the entire night but mostly everyone else slept reasonably well. The snorers did not disturb the … Continue reading Crazy Horse day with traffic

Written by Dave Day 36 – July 3 – 48 Miles, 2,700 feet climbing (Edgemont to Custer) Today we got off the highway and rode the George S. Mickelson rail trail. Rail trails are found throughout the USA. They are mostly disused rail lines that have had rails and ties removed. Some are pretty rough, … Continue reading The Mickelson Trail

Written by Dave Day 35 – July 2 – 71 Miles, 1,534 feet climbing (Lusk to Edgemont) Today was a hard day in the saddle. We were up early with hopes of leaving before the forecasted 7AM thunderstorms developed in Lusk. The weather looked clearer to the north, the direction we were travelling. We managed … Continue reading Hard earned miles to Edgemont

Written by Dave Day 34 – July 1 – 56 Miles, 1,534 feet climbing (Douglas to Lusk) Just after posting last night we had an exciting thunder storm, complete with lightening and thunder, roll through our campsite. Everyone dove into their tents and rode it out. It cleared after an hour or so but skies … Continue reading Douglas Legends

Written by Curtis Day 33 – June 30 – 62 Miles, 2,034 feet climbing (Casper to Douglas) After two days in Casper everyone was eager to get back on the road this morning.  So much so that Chris was the one proposing to roll 45min earlier than initially planned after the entire team showed up … Continue reading Onward to Douglas

Written by Dave Day 32 – June 29 Seems like we’ve been running around all day – hardly very restful but that’s how it goes when you roll your own adventures. We started the day killing the brekkie buffet as any good cyclist would. We held up the team’s reputation. After brekkie we hit the … Continue reading Casper observations

Written by Dave Day 31 – June 28 – 99 Miles, 2,240 feet climbing (Shoshoni to Casper) Ok, the title is wrong. We only rode 99 miles to reach Casper. I couldn’t talk anyone in the bunch into riding in circles around the hotel carpark to ensure we actually rode the full 100 miles. Regardless, … Continue reading Century ride to Casper

Written by Nancy Day 30 – June 27 – 33 Miles, 1,283 feet climbing (Thermopolis to Shoshoni) A very short day to the middle of nowhere...  As Dave previously mentioned, today was a staging day, to get us as close to Casper as we could get to allow us to arrive there on Friday.  There … Continue reading A nice canyon and a hotel on the edge

Written by Dave Day 29 – June 26 – 55 Miles, 1,545 feet climbing (Meeteetse to Thermopolis) Last night we looked at the wind forecast for today – headwinds building through the morning – and decided to get an early start today. We had brekkie at the hotel and were rolling by 6:10AM. I know, … Continue reading Early finish and a soak

Written by Dave Day 28 – June 25 – 32 Miles, 1,600 feet climbing (Cody to Meeteetse) Cody is sort of funky - they have these arty cows everywhere. They also have stacks of gun and ammo shops. I liked this beefy cow in front of the subway shop. Early on the trip, Pete set … Continue reading Changing roles to Meeteetse