St. Peter, Ian & other small observations

Dan writes from Casper WY: A few observations before we hit the road for Lusk WY this morning. Peter and Ian are still asleep and it has been interesting to see how, Ian (who, being the only child) has never shared a bed before on a regular basis) and Peter (who, as a child, often slept with his brother) would get along in one motel room each night. In the beginning, one slept on the floor in a sleeping bag. That got old in a hurry. So, with the aid of a territorial pillow, they have made do on one bed. Both being 6′-2″ it’s been a bit difficult. But there it is again this morning, St. Peter sleeping ram-rod straight in 25% of the bed and Ian flopped in some diagonal configuration on the other 75%.

Having my niece Margaret riding with us now and then has been great and yet another small observation occured the other day on the road. For those unfamiliar with road biking habits (good and bad) the process of blowing one’s nose while pedaling 15-20 mph (as it MUST be done) is a pretty disgusting, messy process. So, how do you know when a woman is riding with you? While underway, she’s the rider that pulls out a pink hankerchef from her back jersey pocket.

Wyoming has been yet another spectacular state with a huge variety in terrain. What’s worthy of note is the beautiful horses. They do not have a horse on their licesce plate for nothing. What got me though, is having unswerving attention of a couple hundred cows… that’s like 400 eyes watching you pedal by. I’m thinking that’s maybe 80,000lbs of animals. Well, some odd things enter your head… particularly after mile 60, or so.