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Tuesday 27th 2004

big trains, big skyFrom Saratoga Lake Campground to Rawlins (Key Motel)- a distance of only 42 miles. A light day today, largely because we are trying to sort out Guy's painful tooth. Well, sorted out it was - first of all he got soothed his gums via a pharmacy, then he tried a dentist in Rawlins, who xrayed his tooth, gave him a prescription for antibiotics and charged him around 60 dollars. The relief, once he was taking the pills was rapid. Before all that happened, though, we had a fast bike ride from Saratoga to Walcott, took cover in a cheap cafe while a large storm raged outside, then took off at high speed along the Interstate's hard shoulder, helped along by the passing large lorries, stopping only to photograph a very impressive Union Pacific loco! The storms passed to north and south, but missed us in the afternoon. They seem to generate anti-clockwise winds (? is this correct) - because after a light headwind in the morning we had a slight tailwind going West in the afternoon. The Key Motel (40 dollars for two) was pleasant enough - and came with lots of hot water via the microwave, so plenty of tea... Walked to downtown Rawlins - some nice buildings, and the library was open late, so we found the addresses of dentists in Lander - to fix Guy's tooth. The landscape around here is an arid, semi-desert. The ranches may be big but can you really grow much on them(I suppose the quantity of land makes up for the quality?).

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