You Never Know Who You will Run into

Day 20. 

The day started most of the way up the western side of Togwotee Pass.  I was looking at 9 miles of climbing, topping out over 9600 ft.   As I started at a comfortable pace,  another rider caught up with me. I figured he was going faster than I was but he was more interested in conversation.  Turns out he too is from Spokane, and we've actually met on one or more of the Saturday morning rides out of North Division Bicycle Shop.  His name is Don.  We rode together to the Continental Divide. Don is doing a Cross-country race from Portland Oregon to Washington DC.   About 20% gravel. There was another rider at the same place named Andy who is bringing up the rear in the Transcontinental Race. 



From here, just a  little further along was the actual summit.



Then it was basically downhill with a tailwind for the rest of the day.  Final destination Dubois. Don continued on down the Wind River Valley. 


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