Moving right along...

Well, I came to realize that the bouldering at Veadauwoo sucks – the scenery was great – the climate was nice – but the rock, just not so good…mainly too sharp and not enough features.

So I left Wednesday, the 6^th after a short bouldering session. I took a look at my back tires and decided that I didn’t want to die on the highway – so I wandered around downtown Laramie (WY) – first I tried Wal-Mart – they had a 3.5 hour wait – I found another place which was too expensive and finally found another – after waiting about an hour and a half and $380 later – I had four new tires and was on my way.

The drive across WY was MUCH nicer than Nebraska – not so boring – though really desolate. I thought I was golden – not one mile into WY, but there was mountains – with lots of ROCK! I was like – WOAH…of course, it was just a bluff – most of the drive across WY was high plains –mostly desert – I even saw a tumble weed.

I lucked out – just as the sun set – I came across a close bunch of Wind Mills – there are many, many windmills field out here – it made me think of the Matrix. Well – it was just a perfect photo opportunity. I wanted to stop – but there wasn’t anywhere good – but then VOILA – a truck parking area! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOO incredibly windy – you wouldn’t even believe.

To get a good angle, I stood on top of my car – though I kept almost getting blown off!

I drove til about 930, entered Utah and slept at this nice rest area until morning. I drove into a small mountain town to hit a Wal-Mart – but it wasn’t open until 7! Doh…so I cooked breakfast (Oatmeal) in the parking lot.

Now, I’m in a Flying J’s in Salt Lake City – I went into Wal-Mart this morning and put my contacts in - got some directions to the Salt Lake (The OR show isn’t until tomorrow – so I need to blow at least a day) – I haven’t showered in a few days – so I’m hoping to just jump into the Salt Lake.

Update - jumping into the lake was a bad idea - all the cuts I got from Vedauwoo now burn - along with my eyes...great...

But I'm scoring internet at a hotel - and they have a pool so Ill just jump in later...