Dillon to Wisdom Wyoming! A ride through beautiful cattle country with two mountain passes to climb over. 67 miles and 3200 feet of climbing, mostly over the two passes. The first one was quite easy, a 1500 ft ascent with some easy 2% grades interspersed with the 6-7%. You had a chance to rest a bit between the steep grades. The second climb was also about the same ascent but the last 5 miles or so was a pretty constant 5-6%, pretty tough, had to use my small chain ring for the last bit. At the top however the view was magnificent of the snow covered mountains of the continental divide to the west. Downhill was a hoot, into Jackson, where I had lunch at the Hot Springs restaurant. It would be a nice place to spend a day relaxing there and take advantage of their hot springs pool, but duty called and we had to get to camp in Wisdom! We have all been riding at different paces recently. Timmy shoots off early and likes to get into camp ASAP. Than and I ride a bit faster than others so tend to arrive next. Chet and Mel have been following and Terence and Tom take their time during the day. Terrie rides at a steady pace all day as well as Theo. We all get into camp I would say within an hour and a half interval. Everyone is doing well after nearly 2 months on the road!
We are riding through Montana cattle country. A lot of free range cattle with huge grasslands. Farmers are growing hay for cattle feed during the winter and we see the huge pivot irrigation systems everywhere. Beautiful country in the middle of the Rocky Mountain range. We have been riding in the Big Hole valley where the Big Hole River runs. Apparently excellent fishing and hunting in these parts. Some really huge ranches owned by some very rich people. Larry, the owner of hostel we stayed at last night, was saying that one of the large ranchers nearby lives in Paris France and flies to Dillon every week to check on his ranch. What a life that must be!
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Biking across the USA with Mike 
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