Lander to Jeffrey City....59 miles. We liked Lander....the City Park was peaceful. We had a tough uphill climb of a butte that seemed to go on forever. After topping it, we enjoyed a tailwind. Lunch was at Sweetwater Station, which was really a rest stop. We anted up our possessions and enjoyed Oreos, hamburger buns with peanut butter, beef jerky, trail mix and oranges. We pedaled into Jeffrey City, a small town that suffered through losses when a uranium mine closed there over 20 years ago. The place was desolate and fitting of a modern day ghost town like something out of a sci fi movie. Split Rock cafe was sort of a help yourself place....staff seemed busy with laptops so we cleaned the table and Howard brought food straight from the grill. Four of us crammed in one motel room whereas Dave chose to sleep outside in his tent. We rode our Bikes to the Sweetwater River, about 3 miles to jump in for a swim. The gravel road beat us up, the mosquitoes tried to eat us up, and a big snake at the swimming hole watched us. We went back to our room, showered, talked and laughed and passed out early.
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