Fargo and Away

We (Kai and I) arrived in Jackson, WY without incident, collected our bikes and bags and caught a Suburban taxi to our hotel for the night.

The bike boxes weathered the journey, and so we set to reassembling our bikes.

This being my first time reassembling a bike, it took a while, and ultimately I hit a snag with the front brake caliper, which the bike shop had removed when they packed up my bike. Unfortunately, they didn’t leave instructions on how to piece that particular part back together. All I had to go on were two bolts and a pile of stackable washers.

Fortunately, there was an REI less than a half mile from us, they were open, and they had two amazingly cool bike mechanics who readily agreed to help me. They fine tuned the rest of the bike while I was there, at no charge.

The bikes assembled, we set to filling our bellies, finding a cool little sports bar behind a liquor store, Eleanor’s Again, which turned out to be a Buffalo Bills bar, to boot!

Or so I thought.

It was also a Steelers bar. And a Broncos bar. And Vikings bar.

Whatever. We got food, beers, and then called it a night.

Tomorrow, we ride.