Welcome to Wyoming

We are officially in Wyoming!! We crossed the border Tuesday evening after a few last heavy storms that we couldn't leave Colorado without! It's hard to believe we're already into state number three. Southern WY is certainly a different place than Colorado- its hot, flat and DRY!! (sounds like New Mexico to me!) Coming into town yesterday there was a 30 mile stretch without drinkable water. I say drinkable because there was some water in that stretch but all of it was saline/ alkaline so we were not able to drink it which was torture to have to walk by as we were thirsty and hot. But we made it into Rawlins yesterday and are taking today off to relax after six days of hiking and before a five day stretch starting tomorrow. I will admit to being completely lazy today and have spent most of the day watching the Olympics- its the only time I truly want to sit down and watch tv! Tomorrow we head ino the Great Divide Basin, a 115 mile stretch of flat, dry, hot desert-like terrain. Time for us to carry more water and crank out the miles! We were doing over 25 miles a day coming in here and are hoping to do the same through the week. Starting next week we will be entering The Wind River Range, which we have heard from everyone ahead is the most spectacular part of the trail so far. It is supposed to be a beautiful area that I have heard so much about and wanted to hike for a long time, so I am really looking forward to getting there! If anyone would like to send a mail drop I will write our next location below. We plan to be there Friday August 10th, so make sure if you send something it's there by the 10th. Also, note this place ONLY accepts UPS- no FedEx or USPS. The address is : Kaitlin Allen & Elaine Bissonho C/O Lava Mountain Lodge 3577 US Hwy 26-287 Dubois, WY 82513 Thank you to Eileen and Elaine for the mail magic last week and to Brandi for the cookies in Salida- we love getting mail drops and don't have too many stops left, so this is a great time to send something our way! Just remember to send it through UPS :) I apologize for the lack of pictures, I have had trouble doing it through my phone and lately we've been in town on the weekend so the library has been closed. I will try to get pictures posted when I can. Tomorrow we will be back on the trail and headed for the hot and dry Great Divide Basin! Thanks for reading, happy trails! -Jetpack