Out of the mountains and into the...
...scrub?
It was fun while it lasted. I got 30 good miles of downhill with the wind at my back. And then 3 flats. What a pain. I had replaced my tire with a long stem tube. Don't ask me why long stem. Next time, I'm going to get short stem tubes. The back tire, originally a short stem tube, got a flat today. I replaced with a long stem tube. Eventually, the stem broke at the tube. This is bascially impossible to repair. So I put in another long stem tube. In my attempts to pump my tube to the right pressure using my hand pump, I broke the stem on this tube as well. So I had to go back and find the original short stem tube, patch it, and put it back in. So far so good.
Not quite in the scrub yet.
Today, I left the Wind River Valley and entered the scrub "desert" of Wyomings. I guess you could call it plains, but there is no prairie grass and we are surrounded by mountains.
The reason that they call it the Wind River is because it is windy! Duh! Yesterday, the wind came up, it rain, and then it stopped. Fortunately, it didn't get too wet. The temperature then cooled off. So today, the cool temperatures remained all day until I arrived in Lander. I had a nice day of riding (except for the tubes) with overcast skies.
Day 30 - Dubois to Lander - 78 Miles
Song - Hotel California, The Eagles
