Windy Wyoming

August 31st/09 - Bear River Campground, Utah
Wasatch National Forest
Mileage: 109.13 km
Total mileage: 1612 kms
Ride time: 6:02 hrs

Cycled south towards Evanston, Wyoming. Strong head wind - tough going. The locals told us that this country is always windy.

The valley grew very broad toward Evanston. Mostly flat with some gentle rolling hills. Mostly all grassland and cattle. Haven't seen one Herford. Every cow everywhere seems to be black Angus. The valley here is so broad that it almost looks like the plains, except for the far shadows of the mountains on either side.

Beyond Evanston on hwy 150 the valley gets a little tighter, and the hills a little bigger. We still faced the same vicious headwind. Still grassland and cattle.

The peddling became harder for reasons unknown at the time. The peddling was even harder than the headwind was responsible for. The mystery was solved when we reached the Utah boarder and the elevation sign indicated 7,800 ft. We had been climbing imperceptibly for miles and miles.

We entered the Wasatch National Forest and camped at the first campground we found. We had the campground all to ourselves. No more wind. We were now engulfed in forest and entering the Uinta mountain range. (Just a small tip here for those of you who shave their legs...if you are bathing in a mountain river at dusk and decide to use that new razor that you picked up, maybe rethink the decision. That razor will take the top off every goose bump along with the hair. Not real comfortable or pretty!!)