We slept well in the beautiful city park setting. This was one of the nicest city parks that I have seen especially considering the population of 7,000 people.( someone must have died and left a lot of money.)
This was a very rough day on the road with severe crosswinds that could blow you over very easily. We stopped at the Sweetwater station area for about one and a half hours due to the high winds and fatigue we had experienced fighting the winds.
While waiting there, there was a 65 degrees wind shift causing the winds to go from crosswind to tailwind. Thank you, thank you. We then went the remaining 19 miles to jeffrey city at speeds of 19 to 31 miles per hour.
However, not all was quiet on the Western Front. 10 minutes after leaving the rest area, we experienced a sudden lightning and thunderstorm with rain. In the wide open expenses of Wyoming where is one going to hide from all that? Nowhere! You just keep on riding and being very thankful that Charlie is taller than I am!
The winds were up to 50 - 60 mph and really too dangerous to ride in at one point due to not being able to control thr bike.
We met Wade who is a retired banker and real estate developer and part time photographer. He is doing part of the Transamerica route and going on to Alaska. He had an acute Achilles tendonitis and was given a steroid dose pack and he is using duct tape to minimize the movement.
The other rider is Simon from England.
Jeffrey city is a defunct ghost town. It has the Split Rock Cafe where we had some lunch and the next day had some pancakes.
We pitched our tents on the concrete at the defunct Lyons Club Park.
Climbed 3182 ft today.
I can't wait to escape the wicked winds of wyoming.
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