after Yellowstone and Togwotee Pass it's pretty flat until he hits Colorado - everyone knows how flat that is - i believe he has to get over Hoosier Pass - @ 11,500 feet - it's pretty steep but actually one of the easier Colorado Continental Divide passes because the approach he is taking is relatively short (steep part is @ five miles or so) - it's a long downhill glide to Alma and Fairplay from the top.
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Send two dozen roses to Room 424 and put "Emily, I love you" on the back of the bill. Groucho Marx
go rgr go... i havent really been reading this post but i have been watching the letour defrance non eh so im thinking its like that but with music non. vive la rgr
Guys hi.. I just made togwotee pass and found a lodge with wi fi. Been thru Yellowstone and grand Teton parks and been sleeping in grizzlyland! Trying to update blog now ...its cold at 9600ft in Wyoming lol!,hope u r all good!
Yellowstone is one of my all time favorites - when you get to the small town of DuBois here's a tip - they pronounce it Do Boys - very proud of not pronouncing it like a Frenchie.
Have a great time - i hope you make it to Colorado before 8/25 - i leave for Seattle that day and would be disappointed if I wasn't able to at least meet you, not to mention offering you a plave to stay, food and spirits.
pat
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Send two dozen roses to Room 424 and put "Emily, I love you" on the back of the bill. Groucho Marx
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YaLL? ... really I'm LOL..too
there use to be an Englishman downtown that had a antique shop.. On day he came into my store and asked he we had any staammps, Mom said what? he said staamps, staamps// I said to MoM , he wants some stamps....
Mother, said " Barry, we love you, but why don't you speak English? "
He said , I do speak English, It's American I can't speak.. then he said YALL.. and laughed
all ya'all quit pickin on rolf's accent ya'all. and i'm assuming rolf's ride will last into August? if so,where ever he is on the 15th of August ya'all wish him a happy birthday ya'all. thank ya'all.
Myke ya'all
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Can i get that left-handed?
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Rolf, you're an amazing person to tackle such a tremendously arduous journey, especially solo. The route you've chosen is unyielding, and will throw everything at you that it can, so the LAST thing you need is to be your own worst enemy.
Although success comes with a high price, you have to stop letting yourself run out of water. You've obviously been distance biking long enough to know what happens when that supply is exhausted, and so are you. If all the conditions are correct when this happens, and your blood pressure drops like a rock. . .
You're solo out there, so everytime I read about you running out of water, I think about ME when I biked for distance (in my early 20's); but always in a group. Climbing those hills dry and hearing your heart pumping in your ears is one thing; but climbing those hills dry and NOT hearing your heart pumping in your ears is a problem.
PLEASE LOAD UP ON YOUR WATER BETWEEN STOPS.
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Rolf said he's seeing the real America. That may be true, but it's also the America that most Americans never see.
I was thinking exactly the same thing, Tom. he'll see as many states on this trip as I probably have living here my whole life...and when I DID see some of those states, I rarely got off the interstate.
In Saratoga hot spring tonight...its the best town in Wyoming so far. The last few days have been tough riding as the winds here are so strong. If ever anyone goes to wyoming stay away from placed like Jefferson city and muddy gap. This place is like the forbidden zone on planet of the apes lol!
Out o. Thos e places people sent so happy or nice. Herein Saratoga they ate all back to being happy friendly peolple. Don't forger I put videos of each day up on facebook so friend Rolf riley if you didn't already.
I'm looking forward to crossing state line I.to colarado soon
lol see what i mean 
ya'all
