{"id":145,"date":"2016-04-04T00:13:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T00:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2016-04-04T00:13:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T00:13:53","slug":"april-3rd-laramie-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"April 3rd, Laramie, Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The talk at the University of Wyoming went very well. A lot of people were in attendance, given that it was on a Sunday afternoon. The talk ran 50 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for questions.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ride yesterday from Fort Collins to Laramie literally kicked by butt. It would seem that I am no longer 25 years old. The grade was mostly uphill and into a head wind, for 60 miles. Further, a navigation mistake added 4 miles to the ride, and cost me about an hour. With minimal sunlight left in the day, I still had 30 miles to cover. I could see no where to camp. Plus, I was just exhausted. So, I called my wife, Heidi and asked her to meet me, the both of us spending the night in Laramie. Shortly after I contacted her, the wind pattern changed and I made good time. Even still, the sun set with 15 miles left to ride; she met me shortly thereafter. The next day, as Heidi returned home, she dropped me off at the spot she had met me the day before, and I finished the ride into Laramie.<\/p>\n<p>An added element of stress: the charger for my surface pro died. I got through the talk on fumes. I have ordered a new charger and had it sent to Riverton. Fortunately, I can upload photos from my iPhone. Here are a few from the ride to Laramie:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-147 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the road to Laramie<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-148 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-1-e1459728511490-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-1-e1459728511490-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-1-e1459728511490-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sign at the Wyoming border was missing, so I snapped one as I left Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lecture hall at the University of Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will be challenging: About 55 miles with potential headwinds. I will stop and camp at the town of Medicine Bow. From there it is on to Rawlins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The talk at the University of Wyoming went very well. A lot of people were in attendance, given that it was on a Sunday afternoon. The talk ran 50 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for questions. However, the ride yesterday from Fort Collins to Laramie literally kicked by butt. It would seem that I am no<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/?p=145\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwstworldbicycletour.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}