Stop 48 Lyons

 After cycling from Erie to Lyons with Murph and Rose (Coast to Coast staff) years ago, Frances has had a fantasy about living in Lyons.  We had wanted to stop in the Snowy Range of Medicine Bow NF, but the sites were filled and thunderstorms loomed.  After a nice Thai lunch and visit to the geology museum at UW in Laramie, we drove on and grabbed a room in Lyons for the night.  We had a beer at the Oskar Blues brewery and walked around town.  

I got a bike ride in from Lyons up toward Estes Park, CO.  It was a great ride down from Pinewood Springs.  I was concerned about automobile traffic stacking up behind me on the way down, but it turned out not to be a problem.  I was booking along at between 35 - 45 the entire way and a crossed 7 miles without a car in site on my backside.

Frances met a Space Shuttle astronaut who was staying in the room beside us.  We met a lot of friendly people in Lyons.  It is probably a bit too small to consider as a relocation option, but it is a nice place.

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