Saturday. I know this must be sounding repetitive, but each day there are new, different, and spectacular scenery. The day started out at about 40 degrees. Luckily I had just received arm and leg warmers that caryn had shipped so I had cold fingers for awhile with the rest of me was comfortable. Starting the ride at 6:30am there was no warming effect from the sun. after a few hours and 30 miles of gentle up hill most of the layers came off. Leaving dubois at just under 7000 feet and riding to the top of
Togwatee pass at 9600 we crossed the continental divide yet once more and it won’t be the last time. Stay tuned because I will surely document each crossing. With hoosier being our highest point on the trip this pass is our second highest point. Major reconstruction of the entire road in underway causing us to have to be ferried through 2 sections. Of course for us it was on the down hill side so we didn’t get to save any energy. Our bikes were put in the back of a pickup truck and we sat with them in the bed of the truck. It was fun. We finished the 65 mile ride at colter bay village in grand teton national park. We’ve pitched our tents in a very rustic pine grove. I can only dream about the wonderful accommodations at the jenny lake lodge the last time caryn and I visited here with ed and Jeanne Samuels. We’re off tomorrow so I think it will be very quiet and restful. Tonight frank is taking everyone out to dinner in honor of his wife leslie’s birthday. Leslie joined the group in Breckenridge and will be riding with us until Missoula. With the rest day tomorrow there will be no post.