Day 24: Barr Lake to Wiggins

Posted by: Arin 

After we left Barr Lake, this day was shaping up to be just like the last. High winds blowing either right at us or right across us seemed like all we could hope for. Turns out, that's all we were going to get.

One thing that improved, however, was the road. Rather than no shoulder, we were gifted a ten foot wide one. This made for easy drafting from any angle and a little more peace of mind from cars. The whole day was a battle against the wind, and we only made two major stops the whole time. The first was at a Family Dollar to get dinner. The second was in Wiggins a mile before camp.

It was getting late(ish) and we were on the lookout for a place to sleep. A sign on the side if the road said there was camping and we saw some gas stations, so we pulled off the highway to check it out. Turns out the camping was still eleven miles away! We decided to keep on along the highway because I had seen a bridge on my gps. In about a mile, we made it to the bridge and set up camp (and hiked down some sketchy rocks to get there!)

After setting up camp, all that was left to do was make some food. At Family Dollar they have this delicious brand of mixed vegetables, and we mixed a couple types of that with some instant rice to make a soup. The wind cooled off during the night, but we could still see a high wind advisory from our camp.