Day 28- Marco

Long ride today through mostly rural western Wyoming.  It sure is nice to have the wind at your back.  We checked into our last hotel tonight.  Lot's of thoughts about the trip; places passed and not seen, time together and a new appreciation of what our country is about.  Some of that appreciation is good but there are parts that are somewhat depressing.  There is a lot of poverty, and lost and unfulfilled dreams in the partially deserted towns we passed.  But also a lot of hope and joy in the people we have met along the way.  It seems that being in close personal touch with the parts of the country we have visited makes all the non-sense in Washington seem just that.  This is a great country with great people and somehow we have selected an elected leadership that can't seem to agree to move forward in the best interests of the country.  It is baffling.  When did we become a country of idealogues that cannot stand that someone has a different opinion?  Where facts are superfluous to a point of view?  Things to ponder on our last long ride tomorrow.

Checking in to our last hotel for a while after a long  riding day