On the Road to Rapid

After luxuriating in Boulder for a couple days it was time to suffer a bit. We hitched up the EcoDevastator and headed north to Rapid City (which is neither). Before departing civilization we grasped one last crumb of city life - a stop at a wonderful local bread-making cafe - The Boulder Bread Company. I took a picture of the place as a reminder of good food, before heading into the land of chicken-fried steak and Conoco coffee. (Click on image to see dirty look from counterlady). :-p

We tried to hit this place for lunch on Sunday, but they were closed. So, we included it as part of our Monday brunch. It was worth it - Lemon-honey poppyseed scone for me, and carrot-raisin-calorie-antimatter for John. Not only were the bakery items terrific, they also had fresh Peets coffee on tap.

After loading up on carbs and caffiene, we headed north on HW 25 towards Cheyenne. We passed the time listening to a book on tape "Artic Drift"; something about a plot to illegally sequester CO2 which seems to be resulting in increased global warming. Fun.

Lunch in Cheyenne, then a late dinner in Rapid (they just call it Rapid up here) at the Firehouse Brewery. Mediocre beer...but better than no beer.