One of the cool things about life on the transam ride is that news travells along between riders as you go. You get to know who is behind and ahead of you a few days from riders coming from the east or those passing you from the west. I heard the two girls heading to Florida who were at Missoula made it to lander for example..not bad considering they not have triples fitted for the passes here!
I also met a guy called Fred from Ohio and we rode together a while. Fred already rode the southern tier and is heading home along the trsnsam then turning towards Ohio at Kansas. He is a cool guy and strong rider..he is 70. Amazing.
Tonight I am on the tent.in the city park with a group.of chainsaw wealding teenagers dri.king touch beer and Making to much noise..they have been cutting fire breaks on independance mountain and are sleeping here tonight..on between frisbee games..tent erection competitions and having a lot of fun:)
Tomorrow there is yet another continental divide to climb and a 60miles stretch with no stores..acordi.g to this map. I keep runni.g out of water on rides even though I carry 4 bottles and pre hydrate. So I went to the dollar store here and picked up a cheap camelback. There is a limit to how much water I can carry..it is very heavy but this should help.
I need to reset my spd cleats as everyday at around 50 miles my feet hurt a lot.
I am not getting any cell phone signal still.at and t suck.
Ice cream scoops here are tem times the size of those in the UK..important to know when ordering three scoops lol!
There is a fire fire ban here across the state..forest fires are a big risk still I think.