Dust??
Don't really know where on the route Steve was ridin in the dust...but its true that it's no fun....but you sure do get to look like a real traveller....
My experience across southern Colorado and up into and across Wyoming was that the cross winds were often more of an issue than the dust. I was ridin alone though so didn't have to eat any.
In some of the more densely treed areas you can get the 'ridin in a trench' effect which can be compounded by hanging dust ... but by and large, it seemed to me that the route had lots of open vistas, space, and variety etc.
And if it rains at all in Montana, the mud will have you hoping for dust.
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