Fred and I had the day off, having escaped from Jeffery City and its other-worldly winds last night in a pick-up truck. We spent the morning having a leisurely breakfast and packing and mailing the pottery we had purchased from Byron.
Ray arrived in Lander at about noon, after getting a lift from JC to Sweetwater Junction and being spared about 20 miles of ridiculous headwinds. He still had to forcibly pedal on 6% downgrades to make any forward progress, and from time to time would be knocked to a standstill by gusts. It was the same story with the other touring cyclists in the area. Everyone got at least some motor vehicle assistance to get to Lander.
After meeting up with Ray, we rode a few miles to the home of our warmshowers.org hosts for the night, Jim and Julia. Jim asked almost immediately if he could join us on our next two days of travel. He was eager to test out his new touring bike carrying a full set of panniers. He hopes to ride from Paris to Athens in the fall and felt that this would be a good opportunity for a shake down tour.
The remainder of the day and evening was spent in conversation with Jim and Julia, and enjoying a wonderful dinner Jim cooked up for us.
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