June 23, 2021 Douglas, WY to Casper, WY 60.4 miles/1,875 feet Temp 94º/Winds 15-25 west https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69860268 Wind—tyrant king of Wyoming. Wind-driven sand blasts the paint off buildings and gnaws out the…
June 22, 2021 Guernsey, WY to Douglas, WY 66.2 miles/ 2,850 feet High 94º/winds 15-25 west https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69793684 I went from having the most boring ride yesterday to the toughest so…
June 21, 2021 Torrington, WY to Guernsey, WY 49.5 miles/1,530 feet low-60s/mild headwind https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69733456 Fair warning: I’ve got nothing interesting to say about my ride today. This will probably be…
June 20, 2021 Scottsbluff, NE to Torrington, WY 31 miles/700 feet Temp:Low 80s/Wind 15-25, gusts to 30 mph https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69679144 Okay, I lied. Yesterday I said my plan was to ride…
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 humid https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69608709 [Apologies. I wrote this last night, but was…
June 18, 2021 Bridgeport, NE to Scottsbluff, NE 48 miles/700 feet Mid-90s/wind west@7mph https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69608695 The morning of Day 18 in Bridgeport started out fine. The Cobblestone Hotel put out a…
Hey everyone. Sorry, but no blog post tonight. At least, not one worth reading. This is a placeholder for tomorrow. The short version is everything is fine, but the phenomenon…
June 17, 2021 Sidney, NE to Bridgeport, NE 46.6 miles/1400 ft. 94º https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69457299 Today’s ride was a blast. The high was forecast for the mid-90s; my course, due north nearly…
It’s too hot to wander around downtown Sidney today. Besides, I think I’ve seen everything I need to see. So I thought I’d catch up on a couple of things…
Taking the day off today, cooling my heels in Sidney, NE while the sun heats the world outside. In my original plan, I would have ridden to Bridgeport today and…
June 15, 2021 Julesburg, CO to Sidney, NE 56.4 miles; 1400 ft. 95º/winds SSW @20-30 Today the temperature was forecast to rise to 97º. I had a 55-mile ride to…
June 14, 2021 Ogallala, NE to Julesburg, CO 37.7 miles/780 ft 95º/15-19 mph SSW https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69271247 I have been looking forward to getting to Julesburg since the start of the trip.…
June 13, 2021 North Platte, NE to Ogllala, NE 63.5 miles/1575 feet 94º/Wind S @12-19 mph https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69219129 I rose at six this morning, prompted by birds and the fact that…
June 12, 2021 Gothenburg, NE to North Platte, NE 46 miles/825 feet High 86º/Wind SW@10-15 mph https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69122125 I am sitting in a campground near North Platte, NE, that is the…
June 11, 2021 Lexington, NE to Gothenburg, NE 30.5 miles/380 feet mid-80s/north at 30+ mph https://ridewithgps.com/trips/69046798 I spoke too soon. Remember yesterday, when life was sweet, 50-mile rides were easy,…