June 23 – Colter Bay Village to Dubois, Wyoming

We had our last glimpses of the Tetons with a view of Jackson Lake as we left Colter Bay Village in the chilly morning (36 degrees).  We left Grand Teton Park and traveled along the Snake and Wind Rivers.

After an excellent tour of Lesa’s Grand Tetons from Jackson Park Lodge and dinner with her family at Dornan’s, Lesa made the decision not to join us for today’s ride.  We were very sad not to have her with us today.  (Lesa, you should get Jim to drop you off at the top of the Togwotee pass and enjoy the ride downhill for about 20 miles).   Thanks for joining us Lesa...we hope to see you again before we leave Wyoming.

The ride today included a long hard slogging climb with total 3517 feet of ascent.  The climbing started in Moran and continued for 18 miles. We crossed another continental divide at 9,584 feet and the Togwotee pass at 9,658 feet.  

We saw at least 20 other bicyclers today.  Most were on the Great Divide mountain bike route from Canada to Mexico that overlapped the TransAmerica trail for about 9 miles.

Luckily after the climb, we had 30 miles of downhill.  The only thing that slowed us down was a fairly strong headwind as we approached Dubois.  However, 20 miles of speedy downhill was well worth the 10 miles of headwinds.

As we descended towards Dubois the landscape changed to painted hills.  We got one final glimpse of snow-capped mountains over the painted hills as we entered Dubois.

Terence, our Airbnb host for the night, left us a bag of goodies.  We really like the spaciousness of his place.  Internet is very good, so we’re finally able to publish several blog posts.  Life is still great!