Day 29 July 8, 2016 Jordan, Mt. to Circle, Mt 68.0 miles

Sometimes it's best not to know what you're getting into.  This was going to be our hardest day yet. Neither of us slept very well, and we got up early because we knew we had a long day ahead of us. We stopped at the grocery store because there would be no place to stop on the way to Circle.
About  7 miles out of town, we ran into construction ( for 10 miles) with a pilot car. All we could see ahead was a stretch of unpaved road going up a very steep hill. We did get a ride through part of it (I was hoping for a 10 mile ride, but it wasn't to be.  They took us about 2 miles, then we were on our own). The rest of the unpaved stretch wasn't bad, but after that, the hills were endless, there were no trees, and the crosswinds were brutal. At the top of each hill, there were at least three more ahead that we could see. At first it was a challenge, but then it became a chore. We ate our sandwiches by the side of the road and rode on. There was a rest area at 36 miles, and we went inside (it was air conditioned) to rest. I lay down on the floor, Dave lay on a bench. People kept asking us if we were ok. More hills afterwards, and finally we came to the top of a hill that had a cell phone tower. Dave, in all of his wisdom, said this was a good sign. He was right. There were more hills, but they got smaller, and maybe even farther apart. The road curved north, but not enough to get any help from the wind.
Circle was a wonderful sight. At the edge of town, the signs about the area told us that half of all of the T. rex skeletons recovered in the world were found in this area.
It was hot, and we were tired, so we got a room in the Traveller's Inn. An old place in need of a lot of repair, but clean and air conditioned. We had our best dinner (and good beer!) yet in all of the small towns we've stayed, so all was well.
In the picture below, imagine the road you see covers 2 miles. Multiply it by 30, and that's what we saw all day.