Sunday, April 30, 2006

Day 26: Sunday, April 30

The weather has been really nice the past three days. However, it was cold, raining, and windy when we woke up this morning. The good news is that it didn't take very long for the sun to break through the clouds and it turned out to be a nice, partly cloudy day. This morning we rode the 18 miles from Wisdom to Jackson. There were two passes, Big Hole Pass (7,360 feet) and Badger Pass (6,760 feet), and no towns for over 45 miles in between Jackson and Dillon.









Today was a record breaking day. As we rode down Big Hole Pass, the wind was at our back, and I knew that we were moving. It felt like I was on a motorcycle. It wasn't until we began to slow down at the bottom that I was able to check my computer. I have set a new top speed that I am going to have a difficult time breaking... 50 mph!! Today, we rode over 67 miles, and my average speed of 14.6 mph is also a record.









Tonight we are staying at the Dillon KOA. As Shayne and I look at the elevation profile of the route ahead, we count only eight more significant climbs. The passes are winding down as we approach the plains of the eastern Colorado and Kansas.