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Day 9 (Wednesday July 2) - Smith Center, KS to Hoxie, KS (118 miles) route:
Apparently I did a lot of climbing today, but didn't really feel it. What I felt was the damned heat. It was very hot again today. I rode 63 miles to Norton by 1 PM. I didn't want to end my ride that early, but the next town with a motel is Hoxie or Colby. Hoxie is 20 miles closer, so I went for it. Turned out to be a good move. The wind was coming out of the NNE, so I had a tailwind for the last half of my ride. It also felt like I was going more downhill than uphill during the second half... Having a tailwind makes one hell of a difference!
Nothing interesting to see today. No pictures. Just hot hot hot and pedal pedal pedal. I'm beat. I'm just glad there were no T-storms today. It's supposed to rain all tomorrow, but I'm going to try to get to the next available town with a motel. Any progress is good progress, right? No need to sit in Hoxie for two days...
Apparently I did a lot of climbing today, but didn't really feel it. What I felt was the damned heat. It was very hot again today. I rode 63 miles to Norton by 1 PM. I didn't want to end my ride that early, but the next town with a motel is Hoxie or Colby. Hoxie is 20 miles closer, so I went for it. Turned out to be a good move. The wind was coming out of the NNE, so I had a tailwind for the last half of my ride. It also felt like I was going more downhill than uphill during the second half... Having a tailwind makes one hell of a difference!
Nothing interesting to see today. No pictures. Just hot hot hot and pedal pedal pedal. I'm beat. I'm just glad there were no T-storms today. It's supposed to rain all tomorrow, but I'm going to try to get to the next available town with a motel. Any progress is good progress, right? No need to sit in Hoxie for two days...