Day 25 (May 20) - Riverton, WY

The thinner air means a little more work but also a little less resistance. With the temperature holding around 85 all afternoon and having gone through 96 miles in 6 hours, it was a scorching day....until the dreaded rear flat tire....the rear flat tire when you forgot your tire levers. Whoops. After changing the tire in a manner not worth repeating, I got back on the road and made it to Riverton, WY - 121 miles from Casper - in a blazing 7 hrs 35 minutes. From my calculations, over 6,600 calories were burned today not counting those burned by Eric on his 41 miles....and now we're hungry. So in the interest of being prepared for a 2,000 foot climb tomorrow and then a 3,500 foot climb over the continental divide the next day through forecast snow and rain, Eric and I are off for some food.
We'll try to post some photos later this evening.