{"id":80,"date":"2008-09-01T10:44:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2008-12-13T17:18:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T21:18:30","slug":"return-to-the-desert-head-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Desert (&#038; Head Winds)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday August 28<sup>th<\/sup> we left Yellowstone (and the comfort of great home cooking) and returned to the road traveling to Emblem, WY (population: 10).<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Just outside of Yellowstone we traveled through a forest fire, the smoke was so thick it blocked the sun and cast a strangely beautiful orange hue over the mountainous desert landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pearsonfire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85\" title=\"Pearson rides into forest fire (Photo by Meghan Sheridan)\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pearsonfire-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Pearson rides into forest fire (Photo by Meghan Sheridan)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearson rides into forest fire (Photo by Meghan Sheridan) <\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On Friday August 29<sup>th<\/sup> P&amp;P rode through swift head winds to Thermopolis, WY.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Somehow the head wind followed them even after Route 20 turned from Eastbound to Southbound.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Poor Pearson suffered two more flat tires (the total is up to eight) but on the bright side he\u2019s getting better at changing the tubes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pearsonflat8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81\" title=\"Pearson's Plagued Tires (Photo by Julia Wrona)\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pearsonflat8-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Pearson's Plagued Tires (Photo by Julia Wrona)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearson&#39;s Plagued Tires (Photo by Julia Wrona)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Saturday we relaxed in Thermopolis, home of the world\u2019s largest Hot Springs.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Pearson and I are celebrated our 1<sup>st<\/sup> anniversary a few days early by popping a very nice bottle of red wine that Patti &amp; Jeff Evans gave us while we were in Bend, OR.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/jpwine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83\" title=\"Julia &amp; Pearson's 1st Anniversary Toast\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/jpwine-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Julia &amp; Pearson's 1st Wedding Anniversary Toast (photo by Meghan Sheridan)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia &amp; Pearson&#39;s 1st Wedding Anniversary Toast (photo by Meghan Sheridan)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pearson tried out a unicycle at the hotel but decided to stick with two wheels for the rest of this trip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_82\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pearsonunicycle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82 \" title=\"Pearson on a Unicycle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pearsonunicycle-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pearson learns he needs two wheels (photo by Julia Wrona)\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-82\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearson learns he needs two wheels (photo by Julia Wrona)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sunday August 31<sup>st<\/sup> P&amp;P completed the longest ride of the trip: 137 miles to Casper, WY. Their saddle sores worsened, but otherwise it was a successful ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_84\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ppdesert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-84\" title=\"Pearson &amp; Pete in the Desert\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/ppdesert-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Pearson &amp; Pete in the Desert (Photo by Meghan Sheridan)\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearson &amp; Pete in the Desert (Photo by Meghan Sheridan)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On a more personal note\u2014now that we\u2019ve returned to the sparsely populated desert, with 50+ miles between gas stations, stores and rest stops, it\u2019s again become a challenge to find restroom \u201cfacilities\u201d.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve never been picky, but shallow ditches and low shrubs don\u2019t work easily on the trafficked Wyoming roads like they did in Oregon: where we didn\u2019t pass another car for half an hour or more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Today we\u2019re off to Lusk, WY\u2014a small town that I\u2019ve heard a lot about and am excited to check out.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 On Thursday August 28th we left Yellowstone (and the comfort of great home cooking) and returned to the road traveling to Emblem, WY (population: 10).\u00a0 Just outside of Yellowstone we traveled through a forest fire, the smoke was so thick it blocked the sun and cast a strangely beautiful orange hue over the mountainous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-julia-posts-from-the-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.longbikeback.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}