Day 15 - Hello Wyoming!

Today was filled with drop-dead gorgeous views as we left Idaho and rode into Jackson, Wyoming.  The three shots below are all within Idaho showing the Snake River and our first peek of the Grand Tetons

 However, we did have to endure 15 miles of newly paved chip seal road (it had just been paved the day before).  Newly paved chip seal is brutal on tires and bikers due to its roughness and constant vibrations.  It also did not help that the day was already getting quite warm. and we were riding into a strong headwind.  Our riding companion Greg commented that it was a "trifecta of bad riding luck: new chip seal, strong head wind and going uphill."

We entered into Wyoming after having already ridden 71 miles.

We were immediately confronted with the Teton Pass - a six mile climb of over 2,000 feet, which of course featured an 11% grade for over two miles near the very top of the climb.

At the summit, we had another breath-taking view of the Jackson valley--as shown by the following picture of Greg--and a 5 mile descent with a 10% grade.  We all had to do plenty of braking to keep from colliding with the cars that were in front of us!

For those of you that may want greater detail of today's ride, we took a picture of the elevation profile handout from today's ride.

We have now ridden over 1,000 miles on this journey.  Tomorrow, we will be riding through Teton National Park and trying to avoid any buffalo that may be in our path.