Day 13 - Sheridan WY to Gillette WY, 109 miles, 4300' cumulative climbing

Today was by all appearances one that should have been a good recovery ride day. A medium-effort morning climb out of Sheridan followed by mostly rolling hills but not difficult terrain.  What happened?  A headwind for the first 90 miles is what happened.  This turned the rolling hills into grinding efforts and generally slowed us down.  I had expected to roll into Gillette about 3:00 but it was 4:30 instead.  Hot and tired, ready to call it a day.  But not a bad day.  We haven't had a bad day yet.  Some have just been better than others!

Wyoming has the same Big Sky feel that Montana did, but not the same landscapes or beauty.  It has its own appeal, but is much more arid and desolate.  Ranching, cattle, sheep and long stretches of no humans.  For many miles today we probably saw an auto or truck only every half hour or so. To live here would be an unimaginable culture shock compared to being in the Chicago area.  I think life must be very hard out here, but the folks who live here seem to like it. 
Fortunately no more rider troubles today that couldn't easily be fixed.  Sometimes an uneventful day is a darn good day.

There's a certain beauty to the barren feel of northern Wyoming