today i am in steamboat springs, colorado. i finished up wyoming yesterday and so now that is three states done, two to go. i am actually over half way as far as mileage goes - i have ridden over 1300 miles so far. i am going to take a couple of days off while i am in town and hopefully get rested up for the remainder of the ride. i am glad to be out of the desert and back in the forests, but that also means that the big hills are back. i have several continental divide crossings over 11,000 feet coming up in the next few weeks, so i am not looking forward to that. but, i have made it this far so i guess i just need to keep pedaling and i will be in antelope wells before i know it. thanks for all of the comments and support from everyone.

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