Did someone say Butte?

I'm in Montana! Its great. Western WYO and Montana have been my favorite parts of the trip. We road through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, both of which were pretty fantastic rides. The Bighorns, though, turned out to be my favorite day of the trip. It was so rewarding to get to the top of those mountains and then see the sign with a truck going down hill that said "truckers use low gear, next 18 miles." We took a picture with it. Shockingly, while I was tried, my legs haven't been sore on any of these climbs. Maybe I'm finally getting good!

A friend of mine (Ben Beall) came up to ride with us for a day when were dropping into the tetons. What a great day for a ride. He certainly picked the most bueatiful day of the trip. We camped that night and went for a walk about heron pond. While totally flat and only a 40 change in elevation, I got really really! sick. I think just to many days in a row of riding. The 1/2 mile walk back to the camp sight was by far the hardest thing I've done thins trip. But, I'm better now. The next day went for a hike up to amphitheater lake. Beautiful!

I forgot to mention three things. First, on the ride into Deboius (sp?) we picked up a guy who had been doing an unsupported trip across the country and was a CU boulder alum. We were such a fun group (well, we carried his panures at the very least) that he's decided to come with us to Seattle. Its good to have new blood.

Also, we met a woman on the road who is riding her Unicycle across the country - first woman ever to do it. She is fabulous. Just goes to prove that no matter how crazy you are there is always someone crazier.