I headed for Rawlins this AM thinking I could stop at Lamont for lunch and water. After 36 miles, I was not happy to find the only store/cafe was closed. I found some shade but finding water was not to be. 33 miles to go with two bottles of water and pushing 90 degrees! Making the situation worse, the road shoulder was a wreck and the wind against me. Just before I started a five mile climb over the Divided again, I saw two tractor trailers moving slowly down a dirt road leading to the main road. I waved them down holding up my water bottle. One driver had enough water to almost fill up one of my bottles. God bless the man, I rolled into Rawlins with only a quarter bottle of water remaining and the air temperature registering 94 degrees.
Rawlins is a railroad hub/intersection with a lot of everything but not much to see or do. Derek and Nigel Pell and myself have been meeting up the past several nights. They are 21 and 25 and very bright. We have been having a lot of laughs.
So today, I covered seventy miles, peaked over the Divide twice and damn near ran out of water. By Saturday I may make it over Hossier pass, 11,500 feet!
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