6/14/13 Fri Day 31 Jeffrey City, WY to Saratoga, WY 111 mi

I awoke and got up early by mistake this morning because Wade got up at 430 and I didn't interpret my watch (which I had left on EDST) correctly.

Wade is from Austin Texas and is going to Anchorage Alaska alone. Simon is doing the Trans America bicycle route to  Astoria, OR.

After having a tall stack of pancakes at the Split Rock Cafe in Jeffrey City we set out on our way. If you look closely at the picture with the hill five miles down the road you can see the split in the rock.

While the winds were calm when we first set out they built up considerably as the day went on.  However, they were nowhere as strong as they were yesterday.

We met a Korean named Ingster who was doing the TA from VA.  He told us he was blown over six times in the fierce winds yesterday.   As we were standing talking to him his bicycle was blown over by the strong winds.

At the Annalope Cafe Thane was our young greeter.  He was probably 6 or 7 and quite talkative.

In Saratoga we slept in a baseball field behind an elementary school.

Our climb for the day was 3681 ft.

BAD NEWS:  back home we had some torrential rains and we had 4 feet of water in our basement, sustaining a lot of damage.  I was feeling so guilty for not being there by Joy's side.  Fortunately,  we were blessed with two helpful sons and Kelly any others from our wonderful church family at Pittsford Baptist Church who helped in our time of need.