DAY 7 JUNE 18 (MON) LARAMIE, WY TO FT. COLLINS, CO TO CHEYENNE, WY

Hear zippers early–don’t have to get up.  At 6:00 Armand asks if we should give it a TRI–sun is shinning & no wind.  It’s ok w/me–we can always sag again.  Waits until 7:00 to call Anne–she’s an hr away.  Got up at 4:30 to come get us–we’ll be waiting in front of the HS.  Takes us even longer to fold up tent today–almost all the other tents are gone by now.  Anne is unbelievably nice to drive all the way from Denver (at least a 4 hr drive) to save us from another day of torture–winds pick up later in morning & tomorrow is 110 m day.  She takes us back to our car in Ft. Collins & we have breakfast together.  I eat 2 huge pancakes & 2 cups of hot chocolate w/whip cream on top.  We decide since we are not bikers we will be golfers–Ft. Collins has a nice 9 hole course that we play twice.  We’re not really golfers either–it is really hot today.  Finally reach Armand’s cousin Kim who tells us we can spend the night.  Drive to Cheyenne.  Kim & Gene have a nice house out in the country w/horses & dogs.  Gene cooks steaks & baked potatoes–we are so happy that we are NOT in a tent & grateful to be taken in.  Decide to spend 2 nights here & then go to Steamboat to meet up w/bikers–maybe we will even get back on the bike.

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