The Last Northbounder John Keller
Rode bike path out of town, school bus 7 oh, it’s Friday. Dog followed me Hurt left knee at cora P.O. back clicking lower right side. Sage again! Wind at back, made great time on pavement. Aspens! Pine trees! Hawks wheeling overhead! Off grid house with 3 panels & 2 wind generators. Huge valley. “the place” was closed. Road turned to dirt. RR tie manufacturing & shipment down green river. Past green river, racing GDMBR female rider yelled out “lucky you” because of huge tailwind. Did not stop. Long climb out of valley but cool & felt good <-> flat!! Replaced with jason’s tube. Big vistas of “winds”. Aspen turning gold. Huge, marshy park. Flatted! < 5 minutes Subaru with bikes goes by & I urge them to stop. She has 1 tube she’ll never use! From Idaho mountain trading, Idaho falls. Met 71 year old doug who lost maps @ colert bay. Lost jacket. Met kendall who had chain problems. Set up camp off road. Outhouse 500’ away! Met 4 from iowa on ATVs. Hung food. Ready for cold night.
Day 13: Saturday, September 5, 2015 Day: Date: Start Time: Weather: End Time: Weather: Distance: Moving
13 9/5/2015 ≈7:30 Cloudy, cool, windy 3:23 Partly cloudy 36.7 6:09
Roaring wind, thunder, lightning night, but didn’t rain. Wore polypro face mask & was quite cozy. Slept through most of storm. Hung bike bag OK. Dump in nearby outhouse. Water in fish creek using keegle method. Climb to union pass (unmarked) & continued to climb to > 9600’! saw teton [turns out this was not true …]. Got hailed on. got hit by squall which I sat out. Roads muddy after that. Climb out on 532 seemed like it would never end. Almost hit deer. Strange, lion fish like bird on ground. Elks ATV convention. Rear tire low but holding out. Wore down/rain jacket to keep warm. Muddy, 4 mile decent. Way points not lining up. Tenting at lava lodge. Ate huge brisket, did update, planned out next couple days. Took shower with free towel! Woke @11:30 by 3 couples who came out every hour or so until after 3. Another cowboy played super loud music until after 2. Went to bathroom, starts were unbelievable!
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