Day 19--REST DAY, Casper, WY

Day 19—July 07, 2006—REST DAY, Casper, WY

We’ve come a total of 1,319 miles in the past 18 days (an average of 73 miles per day) and on this 9-day leg, we climbed 20,803 cumulative feet, just a hair short of 4 miles. Woohoo! Add that to the 4 miles already climbed and we’ve climbed 2 miles above the normal cruising altitude of a jet. Look up. Marvel.

All were glad to get to Casper for this rest day. Tomorrow most will start the ride with clean and well-tuned bicycles as the motel made available a hose and a big box of cleaning rags. On their day off, riders took in a Casper Rockies Pioneer League baseball game at the nearby stadium, browsed about downtown, enjoyed the nearby DQ, rode the bike trail along the Platte River (the hotel sits on the river), went to some of the interesting museums in the area or went to the planetarium. 

The Support Staff cleaned and gassed the support vehicles, bought SAG food, redistributed the food and material in the vehicles, welcomed new riders Dave Odell and Lisa Meister, both of whom are ABB returnees, and provided them with rider orientation, bike assembly, and helmet fit basics. At the end of the day, the staff enjoyed dinner together at Red Lobster where they analyzed the ride to date.

SAG stop bananas

Sorting tubes and gear for the mechanic's van

Tomorrow we’ll be on the road to Lusk, WY. Come back then and see how the day goes.