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We awoke to another gorgeous day as a bright
orange sun peeked at us between the trees. Today started with--guess
what---more hills to climb.
It's a little unnerving to start the day as I couldn't help but wonder
if that would be the entire day. It ended up being over half at least
and every time I saw another climb in front of me, I practiced my
philosophy that I will be giving in Atlantic City--"To achieve all that
you can achieve, you must attempt the impossible" It seemed to fit
extremely well with the task at hand and up I went! It was a difficult
start as there were no shoulders to ride on but thank God, the drivers
were all very polite and no one squeezed me off the road.
The next encounter was a gravel road--at least 12 huge trucks spit rocks
at us and blew so much dirt in our faces, we were riding in a dust fog.
The rocks really stung--even through my long sleeved jersey. Hope I
don't have black and blue marks on my arm when I need to wear my
"Nebraska red" pageant gown!
We stopped in Paradise--a real place--one store
only before hitting the gravel again. The store owner was completely
disgusted at the road mess as she said many bikers usually came that way
but now didn't want to. She said the road was a perfectly good asphalt
with no pot holes
but the state had done the dirty deed and was ruining her business.
Lunch was a delight at a small town named Holt. Gabriel caught up with
us there. The convenience store owner, "Doc" was a family physician,
retired after a 38 year practice in Kansas City. He served up some
awesome cheese burgers and salads and wouldn't even let us pay for them.
He had also called a reporter from Kearney, a neighboring town who
stopped by for an
interview. This world is full of wonderful people.
I chatted with Pinky in Atlantic City, we hit the road with a vengeance
and got in 60 miles today. Not bad considering all the talking I did!
Then we had to drive another 40 miles to the next town so it was a long
day by the time we arrived at 8:30. We had biked until the sun set at
7:30
Good Night, Patricia |
