I apologize, but I seem to be getting a half-to a full-day behind on my blog posts. This post is no exception. It’s going to bring me up to my…
Yesterday’s post left off with me checking into the Green Mountain Motel. But there’s a part before that I omitted. That would be Split Rock. Split Rock was the next…
June 29, 2021 Independence Rock, WY to Jeffrey City, WY 41.4 miles/1,200 ft. mid-70s/northeast wind 10 mphhttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/70251698 First, a confession. I adapted this post’s title from Bernard De Vito (“Anabasis…
June 28, 2021 Casper, WY to Independence Rock, WY 57.8 miles/2,700 ft. 70s/northeast windshttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/70194128 Looking over my short version from yesterday, I have to say that I pretty much covered…
Back in Scottsbluff, I brought up the concept of period rush. As you will recall, to history buffs, a period rush is when you want to transcend time and touch the…
I have started and discarded multiple posts today. It seems I just don’t have the focus; or rather, my focus must be elsewhere. It’s supposed to be clear tomorrow (with…
All day I’ve been thinking about mail, and especially about how mail policies in the mid-1800s relate to the Pony Express. After struggling with the issue though, I’ve decided it’s…
Hanging out in Casper, waiting for a break in the weather. It looks like once this series of storms clears out it’s going to heat up again. Not as hot…
I want to tell you a couple of sailing stories that are really not about sailing at all. The first is about two guys, Captains Ray and Phil, with whom…
I have been putting around Casper, WY, all day. I thought I would be hunkered inside, hiding from thunderstorms, but they aren’t due in now until late tonight. Fortunately, there…
June 23, 2021 Douglas, WY to Casper, WY 60.4 miles/1,875 feet Temp 94º/Winds 15-25 westhttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/69860268 Wind—tyrant king of Wyoming. Wind-driven sand blasts the paint off buildings and gnaws out the softer…
June 22, 2021 Guernsey, WY to Douglas, WY 66.2 miles/ 2,850 feet High 94º/winds 15-25 westhttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/69793684 I went from having the most boring ride yesterday to the toughest so far…
June 21, 2021 Torrington, WY to Guernsey, WY 49.5 miles/1,530 feet low-60s/mild headwindhttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/69733456 Fair warning: I’ve got nothing interesting to say about my ride today. This will probably be the…
June 20, 2021 Scottsbluff, NE to Torrington, WY 31 miles/700 feet Temp:Low 80s/Wind 15-25, gusts to 30 mphhttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/69679144 Okay, I lied. Yesterday I said my plan was to ride around…
June 19, 2021 Loop Around Scott’s Bluff National Monument 13.6 miles/475 feet Lower 90s/wind southeast @15, gusts to 20/overcast and humidhttps://ridewithgps.com/trips/69608709 [Apologies. I wrote this last night, but was too…