whew...great to hear that we weren't part of the problem, because we actually did have a discussion about how to best go about cheering for anyone we might see without "interfering", and as much as we wanted to drive next to you and chat, we figured that was a bad idea. I guess it makes sense that it was Dave Bruno with you, and I guess Jefe was the rider we saw before Pinedale.

Thanks for the responses and great rides guys! As neat as it was to randomly (and surprisingly) end up on the route at the same time as you guys, the best part of all of this is that it was so exciting for my wife to see that she is now 100% behind the idea of me doing this some day. Keeping her off the course cheering for everyone might be a problem though 

Man...today's reading is a huge letdown for me. My wife and I were on a road trip through Montana, Yellowstone/Wyoming. After seeing several people riding in the area that looked pretty serious and legit, we tossed around the idea that it might be Tour Divide racers. Leaving Jackson and heading south on 191, before Pinedale we saw someone else and decided we absolutely had to find out if we were on the TD route. Google led us to the TD website. We didn't even notice the spot tracker function, but did find out we were on this year's route, so from that point on we were on alert. Just south of Pinedale we saw two riders side by side in the distance. I put my flashers on and slowed down and my wife hung out the window and "cheered." We were extra careful to not seem like the a-holes that just drive by and yell to be jerks. We thought it was awesome that we were able to cheer for them, because my thoughts were "how many people out here know what they're doing and how cool it is?" In my mind I thought that it must have also been really cool for the riders to know that someone would randomly drive by and cheer for them. It must be good motivation, at least temporarily, when you're in a race like that. The experience literally made our day and ultimately lead me to this website a few days ago, where I realized that we had seen Kurt and Jefe and they were the leaders. EVEN MORE AWESOME! Now I find out that our little Tour Divide story we've been telling our friends, actually caused the rides more harm than good. Sorry guys...maybe think of it this way...for the minor inconvenience you experienced, you actually made someone else super happy.