We rolled out of Pinedale as early as we could manage (which wasn’t that early) after a necessary post office stop to mail our bear stuff and other superfluous items home. The morning was cruiser pavement that turned to the most cruiser ‘gravel’ we have yet encountered- glorious hardpacked smooth dirt. We ran into a couple cyclists that were dealing with a mechanical and one of them helpfully explained that the road was so good because it was made with magnesium chloride- is this terrible for the environment? No idea. Probably. But it made for some ridiculously fun riding. Our Wind River Range views were still smoky but improving as the road stretched across rangeland with super fun rollers and ridges. Afternoon storms threatened, but once again avoided our path (and even gave us a tailwind a few times). The fun finally came to an end at a paved highway shoulder, but we soon picked up another gravel road that was almost as good and wound through picturesque rocky outcrops and our second ghost town of the trip (South Pass City). We made our destination of Atlantic City and ran into friends Julie and Keith one more time! We camped together and they told us a memorable story of sleeping in an outhouse around Togwotee Pass to avoid a recently-sighted bear.. we’re all pretty glad to be out of grizzly country now.