Distance 165
Saddle time 6:55
Avg speed 24
Max speed 46.8
Total ascent 853m
Total descent 995m
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| Nasty weather brewing over Red Cloud, NE |
A good riding day, but had some difficulties. I don’t know why, but I was really nervous
about today. I had heard it was going to
be a long day (more than 100miles!), and that it would be hilly. There were rumours swirling about headwinds
and heat, and I was just nervous going into it.
I started out at a moderate pace, but definitely slower than my group
(Dad, Harold and Len) because I wanted to save my energy. At 40km we were graciously hosted by a church
who gave us yummy baked goods and headed back out on the road. I was OK over the next 70 km, we had been
told that a relative of one of the riders was going to give us free ice cream,
which pretty much kept me going. I was
pretty tired when we arrived at the restaurant, but the ice cream was very
reviving and I felt great for the remaining 50+km. About 8 km from Red Cloud, we saw an unfortunate
black cloud brewing over the town and after deciding not to try and wait out
the storm, rode into a pelting rainstorm for about 2km into camp. It was a little stingy, but we made it into
camp, soggy but fine. Once we arrived,
there was quite a bit of bad news.
Firstly, the rain had come unexpectedly, and all our gear was unpacked
from the trailer and had gotten pretty soaked.
Secondly, two girls from our tour had a moderately bad crash and were
being seen in ER. Fortunately, my
sleeping things were not that wet, and we are drying out the sleeping bags and
mats for those whose things got really drenched. And we are very grateful that there were no
serious injuries for the two girls who crashed.
So, overall it was a challenging day, but a good one. Tomorrow we have a 120km day to round out the
week!
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