Day 24, 27 August: Casper, WY
Day 24 was another catch-up day: laundry, mail that Patricia brought me, a few bills and preflighting for tomorrow’s route. As it’s the first Sunday we have off, I also went to church in town. Mark serviced all the bikes including some new tires and we should all be ready to go.
Ed Cotter, my 1st Company-mate, drove up from Denver to see us. He joined us for quarters and dinner and will drive partway with us tomorrow. It was great to see him and we appreciate the support.
We honored Bob Nestlerode, including some fine words from one of Doug’s former plebes who took the time to write. Tomorrow Ron will ride for Pat Young, one of our operational losses. Pat took the oath with us but ultimately graduated with the class of ’75. He died in an F-4 crash in 1977.
Nothing else to report today; tomorrow we begin Stage 3. I’ll leave you with an image of my nightly recharging evolution: laptop, lights, Garmin, earbuds, shifter battery, watch, phone (the empty lead since it’s taking the picture), sometimes GoPro (not pictured), and the 2-way radios that Mark charges for us. A lot of gadgets.
Bill Montgomery
USNA 1973 Ride-2-Remember 
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