"you'll coast right in to Dinosaur"

It is quite amazing how your perception of "flat ground" changes when you are on a bike. We have conquored a large number of hills these past few days and we are definately feeling it. It is sometimes hard to fully take in God's glorious creation around us as our thighs are burning and our bums are just about numb.. but it does give us the time to appreciate the flats as well as the ride down hill after the climb.
So, we get in to a small town on our ride yesterday and look for the closest location to pee.. it turned out to be Aaron's furniture store. We talked to the woman there about the tour and whatnot, she gave us some ice cold pop which was so refreshing and she had it in her mind that the rest of the road to Dinosaur, Colorado was all down hill and we would just be coasting in to the town. Well, needless to say, our elevation chart spoke differently and it was far from a breezy walk through the park. The last 20 kms proved to be the most enraging kms of my life! It's so strange how you can be working so hard to get somewhere and yet with a headwind and a bit of a hill, you could be walking faster than you are biking. But, we made it! And have now completed one more day!
Today was another looong ride. We had a beautiful cloud cover for most of the day and were also blessed with a little bit of rain this morning! Ever so refreshing. Denise and I biked with a pleasant little group for most of the day, however, sticking in a pace line up hills proved to be rather difficult. However, we made a few much needed stops along the way and are now in Craig, Colorado - finally a town with a real residential neighbourhood and a Walmart! no jokes! So, one more brutal day tomorrow and then we have a bit of a break on Friday. We can not wait for it. And that, is two new posts in two days! We are doing so well : )
Ps. Thank you Aunt Grace for the card and treat in Boise! Totally haven't mentioned that yet. It was so very exciting! Love you a lot!