57 miles, 1725 feet of climbing with ESE winds at 10-15 mph, mostly headwinds. The terrain was rolling, 60 degree temp at departure, and 72 at Wall. Overcast skis kept the temp down. Today on paper was one of the easiest, but not today. The wind gods weren't kind today as we picked up a 10 to 15 mph headwind. Unfortunately we are hearing that we will likely have the same winds the next couple of days.
The road was undulating with lots of rollers. Would have been easy if we didn't have the wind. As we got closer the Wall Drugs signs got increasing frequent, by the end every quarter mile or so. Something like Stucky's or South of the Boarder on the east coast.wall drug started as a small drug store off the Beaton path so it got little traffic. It was the wife's idea to entice travelers with the offer of free ice water. It caught on when the owner and a friend started putting up signs along I 90. They still offer free ice water and now have more than 2 million visitors a year.
Tomorrow will be a long and windy day. We will load at 0515 and eat breakfast at 0530. I can hardly wait!
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