What an awesome ride today. Cool northerly tail wind and I had my best ride yet. Averaged 13.9 mph. I never ride that fast. And this was my longest day so far.
Wanted to take a rest day tomorrow but I’m torn. The wind will be a side wind tomorrow and there is threat of thunderstorms. If I wait a day, I may have the same conditions again but then the next day is definitely rain. If I had a tail wind. I’d go for it but if I have to push against the wind, I get really slow. I guess I’ll wait til morning to decide.
Tho’t I’d mention road kill on this trip as it changes with the terrain. Funniest thing, when I first started in WYOMING, the most common thing I saw was raccoons, which really surprised me. Eventually, a few deer started showing up and the raccoons started to disappear.
Once I entered NE, birds, ducks and an occasional turkey littered the shoulders and sides of the road. Some were beautiful. Even saw one pheasant. About a third of the way across NE, deer became prevalent and in the last 150 miles or so, turtles and some unidentifiable creature has been on the shoulder. I don’t recognize the fur or feathers and really have no idea what it was. The fur was grayish and really pretty though.
66.7 miles today. 608.4 total
BikerAl Across America 2018 