25
May
2009
Jackson, WY and a Heck of a Day Off.
Sometime late Saturday night we decided that we would take the detour to Jackson, WY and see the sights. I called my old friend Andy Lex, from High Cascade digger fame, and asked if we could pitch a tent in the backyard. He did us one better and turned the heat on in the garage to dry the stuff out and put us up inside under the roof. What a guy.
Andy was down to take us into town for the long-awaited burger experience. We ended up with double-pattied beef and buffalo burgers and a pitcher of dark lager at Jackson’s brew pub. When in Rome. With us fed, laundered and tire patched (Jackson has claimed 4 tubes so far) we laid down at Lex’s beautiful hillside pad, but not before Andy suggested we help him get in his practice running the Snake river in a raft the next morning. The Snake river is running about 18,000 cfs right now. A lot of water for a little river.
In the grand tradition of taking people up on whatever they offer, we jumped aboard early this morning. 45 degree water and relatively little paddlin’ experience on our end left us a little nervous about our chances navigating sans frost bite. The ride ended up not being too cold and more rompus than scary. They suited us up in some incredible MC Hammer blue-man-group lookin’ suits and we paddled when we were supposed to and made it down just fine. Thanks Jonathan and Andy for setting us up with such a good time.
We got some BBQing and a little B-ball gaming in up at the man spot to make sure we did Memorial Day right before heading down here to hang with Sam’s Vermont pals Jacki and company for some computer and internet. Another big thanks is in order to Jacki, Julie, Lisa, and Sarah for opening their doors and allowing us to bust a mean hang here on the living room floor to update the blog and partake in the movie marathon already underway (oh yea, 21, Napolean Dynamite, and The Waterboy).
Tomorrow we’ll climb Togwotee Pass before heading down to the plains and wave goodbye to the mountains. At something around 9,200 feet, it should be a good one. The 25 mile downhill that we’re promised on the other side has us pretty excited, too.
More to come from the flat lands and windy Wyoming.
(Also, if you’ve noticed, Clay helped us luddites get the Twitter thing working so we’re updating on the regular in the upper right hand corner.)
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- Andy Lex. The man the myth. AKA Too Hot. Thanks for the hospitality, pal.
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- I lost at Horse something like four times. Apparently my granny shot aint what it used to be.
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- Hooked up with some Chacos for the raft trip. Not sure if my tan lines will come in quite yet though.
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- The view from Andy's man-pad up on Snow King ski hill overlooking Jackson. Incredible spot. Incredible porch for our BBQ lunch.
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- Blue man group with a taste of Hammer time.
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- Hanging out with all these river folks we're getting pretty into the 'yak scene. Trying to stuff legs into this tiny thing called a boat.
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Original post by mattusximus
Really enjoying the posts guys. Keep the photos coming. Giv’er the what for!
The Journey looks epic!! Keep it coming fellas!
As far as flats go, may I kindly suggest running some Schwalbe touring tires? I run the Marathon Pluses on my commuter and haven’t had a flat in close to a year. I’ve even pulled a full staple out. The thickness and hardness of the rubber keep road resistance down. I’ve heard nothing but good things about their different models from touring forums.
You can see them here. http://www.schwalbetires.com/bike_tires/road_tires
Thanks for the advice. Sam has actually been running the Schwalbe Marathons. Unfortunately, even though he bought the tires new, he suspects the rubber is older and is cracking along the reflector taping. That, or, the multiple flat experiences have taken their tole on the side walls. We’ve since both looked into Goo tubes as well. Hopefully now the only flats we’re dealing with are the mid-western United States.