Monday, August 4, 2014

Wind At Our Back

Originally Published August 25, 2004 by Chad

We're in Craig, Colorado today. It was an easy 90 miles over rolling hills from where we camped in the city park in downtown Dinosaur, CO. The park is on Brontosaurus Blvd., of course. Today's ride was so easy that we did the first 60 miles on just one Snickers bar between us. That wasn't really by choice; it's just that there was nowhere to buy food between Dinosaur and Maybell.

For the past few days the wind has been a cyclist's dream--strong and steady and right at our back. On some of the flatter sections we cruised at 30 mph for miles at a time, and felt hardly a breeze in our faces. As we descended into the Yampa Valley we broke our all-time speed record by hitting 53 miles per hour. The previous record was 48.

Maybell, Colorado is a tiny town along the Yampa River in the Northwestern part of the state. There is one cafe and one general store. We bought bread for peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches at the general store and went to the park to eat them. Like Dinosaur's, Maybell's city park allowed camping and provided showers. It would have been a great place to stay but we wanted to continue on to Craig where we could find a real grocery store.

We spent most of Monday in Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal, Utah. We've got some pictures, but the computers here in the Craig library won't let me upload them. I'll post them as soon as I get a chance. Thanks to all of you who are reading and writing comments. The wind isn't always at our backs, and it's your comments that keep us going when it isn't.

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