Rest day in Laramie

Originally Posted August 29, 2004 by Chad

We were spoiled rotten in Laramie. Like I said before, we met Tom and Sue on Saturday morning when we rode into town. Tom invited us over to do some laundry at his home, then we ended up spending two nights there. They made us a fancy dinner on Sunday night and we swapped stories of bike trips and backpacking adventures. They are some of the organizers of the Tour de Wyoming, the one we accidentally rode with for a day back in July. If we’re anywhere near the state next summer we’re going to come back and ride it with them again.

We went to church this morning at a cookie-cutter LDS stake house. I miss the unique architecture of the old LDS buildings. But the meetings were exactly as we expected they would be, and it was nice to get a taste of regularity after the past two months of change. After church, fellow church members Darren and Pam invited us to their home for lunch. I figured our bike was safe at the church (even with all the Mormons around! Ha Ha.) so we hopped in their car and rode to their home. They gave us Elk meat sandwiches that satisfied a craving we both had but weren’t aware of. Then they filled up a grocery bag with food for the road. We won’t need to go shopping for a few days because of them. They would have loaded us up for the week if we had let them, but we can only carry about two days’ worth of food at a time on the bike. This journey gets better every day.

Original Comments:

hey chad it's been great following your adventure--I look forward to reading it nearly every day. I've nearly fallen off my chair laughing at some of the food experiences that you've had. I sure wish I had the time and money to do what you two are doing--what a great adventure!!! Have you finished your masters program yet? or are you just taking some time off to have some fun. What route are you taking to Maine?? Write if you get a chance--It would be great to hear from you!!!

your cousin alan

Posted by alan gillman at August 30, 2004 11:14 PM