Buffalo, WY to Ranchester, WY

Today was pretty boring, other than the pronghorn that ran in front of us on the highway.  It was caught between two fences on the highway, and was narrowly avoiding cars and as we watched, it got its antlers caught in the barbed wire fence, but managed to get free.  It eventually ran in the other direction, so we don't know what happened to it, but it is sad to see such cool animals caught in today's society, when we know they should be roaming free and not having to worry about highways and barbed wire fences. I also got my third flat in three days and as a result, will be changing my tire tonight so that I don't have to worry about getting flats on tomorrow's tough and long climb.  Once we got into Ranchester, we found a local stream to bathe in since the school that we are staying in didn't have showers, and played around on a rope swing while we were there, but it was really cold water and the current was strong, so we didn't stay too long.  Someone forgot the strainer at dinner last night, so we had an interesting mush of pasta for dinner tonight.  It was supposed to be spaghetti, but basically had the consistency of gnocchi, so that was... interesting.  Hopefully, these kinds of problems can be avoided by the time we get to Yellowstone, where we won't have gas station food to save us.  We also watched "12 Rounds" with John Cena on the projector at night.  If you have the chance to see this movie... don't.  It is absolutely awful.  If you want to laugh at terrible acting and even worse plot lines, you might enjoy this, but otherwise, don't go anywhere near it. Tomorrow we cross the Big Horn Mountains, and are not looking forward to 18 miles of straight climbing uphill.

Animals seen - One panicked pronghorn

States traveled through:15(NY,NJ,PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, SD, WY)
Distance today: 55 mi
Total Distance traveled:  2657 mi