Wow, what a ride today! We had a strong tail wind or at
least partial tail wind all day but the last mile. We were running at 20+ mph
for a good part of the day and reached our camp that was 76 miles away by noon.
I forgot to mention that yesterday we entered our 5th state and 2nd
time zone.
We are camped at Prairie Dog State Park on top of a hill
overlooking a reservoir/lake below. It reached about 99 degrees today and the
wind was really whipping through camp. It was a hot afternoon and I just jumped
in our outdoor shower to cool down before getting ready for bed.
I am including a picture of Adam’s clothes drying method and
a couple pics of our camp here at the state park. There is actually supposed to
be a prairie dog colony at the entrance to the park, but I missed it coming in
and will look for it tomorrow morning on the way out.
The entrance into the park is about 2 miles long and we had
to turn due south to get in the park and into the strong wind we had been
benefitting from all day. I don’t how we could have done a whole day into such
a strong wind.
We have seen many combines on the move in convoys the past
days. The wheat harvest is completed in this area and they are moving on to the
North.
All the bikers are anxious for our day tomorrow as it is 100
miles with high 90 degrees and some hills. We are moving breakfast ahead by one
half hour to get an early start.
I also forgot to mention that we saw Rachael Geerlings in
Colorado Springs on Sunday night. She shared an apartment in college with one
of our bikers and those two hooked up for the weekend. Unfortunately, we were
just starting our evening peleton meeting and did not have a chance to talk
with her. She is the daughter of Brian and Marlys Geerlings from our church at
home. It was neat that she looked for us.
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