Riding from Sea to Sea: John's Cross-Country Bicycle Tour

July 3 - a long ride - 121 miles - across the expansive high plains of central Wyoming. Though the land looks like a lot of nothing (sage, priaire, no mountains, few farms, no towns to speak of) after a while it becomes magnificent. You can see how people can become addicted to the wide open spaces of the plains. We were helped by beneficent wind gods - 20 mph at our back - and comfortable temperatures, so the ride was a delight. July 4 - Independence Day, a day off, in Casper, Wyoming. As essentially everything is closed and there is little to see in town anyway, it is a day to relax, catch up on picture editing and add stuff to this blog (see the thoughts added to the July 2 entry.) Tonight, it is a minor league baseball game - the Casper Ghosts against Ogden - I love it when team owners have a sense of humor. I trust the Ghosts are friendly. Its the 4th, so there will be hot dogs and beer at the ball game, followed by fireworks.