Day 16 Jackson to Dubois, WY

Today was an 88 mile ride with spectacular views everywhere you looked. Photo op after photo op was available. Last night my roommate Mike and I went to downtown Jackson. They had a reenactment of a gunfight in the town square and lots of other activities were going on so we decided to stay there and have dinner. It was nice to get out of the usual routine. The big climb today was to the continental divide. this is where the determination of where water will flow. Water west of the divide goes to the pacific and east of it goes to the Atlantic. It was a long climb of 20 miles and we reached an altitude of 9658 feet. There was snow on the side of the road and one of our riders from the Netherlands made snow angels. Our ride tomorrow wAs scheduled for 79 miles but has been changed tom 96 mile route due to flooding on one of the roads everywhere we have been out here the water levels have been incredibly high. Now that we are coming out of the mountains this may become more of a problem. Maybe it will result in shorter routes.