Not much to say about today’s ride. We left shortly after 9 and headed east on 96 - again..... straight and flat. Agriculture on both sides of the road. Grain elevators on a regular basis. Feedlots occasionally. Oil wells started appearing in the second half of the ride. Gotta say, though - I didn’t lift my head up too often to look around. I even had a hard time taking my hands off the handlebars to take a drink from my water bottle. Then there were the tumbleweeds blowing across the road and getting caught in our spokes. Some of the women caught huge ones. I was lucky with my tiny ones. As we came into the SAG stops, Annette was commenting that everyone was covered in dirt on one side of their face and body. Lots of blowing dirt all day, sometimes obscuring the road ahead. I finally had a tan line!! Oh - it washed off in the shower. I do have a bit of a heat rash, though.
Our destination tonight is Ness City. Ag and oil...... Our hotel tonight has just about the worst reviews I’ve ever read. So far it doesn’t look too bad; we’ll see. No other choices in town so we will make do.
Its claim to fame, apparently, is the Skyscraper of the Plains. Upon its completion in 1890 it was called “the finest and most imposing structure west of Topeka”.
Just went out for a walk after dinner and it's still 84 out there! Same weather forecast for tomorrow. Ugh!
Stats for the day:
Scott City KS to Ness City KS
91 km. 56 miles.
1145 feet up. 1852 feet down.
Temp: 20C TO 34C. Wind! From the south probably in excess of 30-40 kmph all day.
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