Sunday, June 27, Day 52
Walden to Riverside, Wyoming 50 miles (oops Saratoga, 68 miles)

Our night sleep in Betty Lou’s house was disturbed by the continuance of a street dance party that went into the wee hours of the morning.
Exhausted, but eager to go, we started our trek to Riverside. This would be our first stay in Wyoming. Temperatures in the morning were in the low 40’s with absolutely no wind and bright, clear skies.
Our trip was going good until a tremendous bout of tiredness engulfed my body just outside of Riverside. The shit sleep of the night before was taking its toll. Steve’s encouragement had me adrenalinized. We stopped for a second breakfast and that is when Steve’s further encouragement had us going an additional 18 miles to Saratoga. I’m amazed sometimes at how the body can make radical changes in short periods of time. Training has a lot to do with success and we trained before starting the ride back in May.
We met three riders going West to East. We were able to exchange information about both our rides.
The final leg of the trip into Saratoga was greeted with winds, gusting winds. By the time we made it to town, both of us were beat. Being so tired prompted us to take a motel for the night rather than tenting. It made sense. A good night of sleep would refresh us.
We ate in the motel room and crashed.
Bike Ted.