After a wet night because of park sprinklers (we learned some lessons about parks with nice grass), we bought our food, ate some doughnuts, and then headed towards Rock River. Unfortunately the road doesn't head directly there, so we spent a good part of the day actually heading a little west before we could go back east.
The wind wasn't very friendly that day. We had to gain a decent amount of elevation, and when you add on a crosswind that seemed to fight your forward momentum it made it a lot of hard work. Rain came in spurts, but wasn't too bad. We stopped at a conveniently placed rest stop to eat lunch. There were almost no cars on the road, and it was emtpy when we arrived, but as soon as we sat down there were people coming in and out like they owned the place. I'm pretty sure they were doing it just to annoy us and let the wind in.
Medicine Bow was the first real town between Casper and Rock River (it's only 18 miles from Rock River though). We stopped at a gas station to warm up and rest. The lady inside was really nice, and gave us the last three pieces of pizza for free. It was delicious. Aaron bought an amazing card there to send to Cassie. I won't mention any more until she gets it so it doesn't ruin the surprise.
Upon arriving at Rock River, we stopped at the bar (the only thing open) to ask if there was anywhere inside to stay. The three yokels inside were about as apathetic as anyone could possibly be, and we had no leads on a dry bed. Aaron mentioned that there was a church under construction back at the entrance to town, so we all agreed that it was time to step up our hobo ways to the next level. Yes, we slept in a construction site. And it was nice too, because it rained some that night but we stayed nice and dry.
Our resting place for the night
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