Finish: Des Moines, Iowa
Distance: 657 miles Total to date: 5349 miles
Campground: Motel 6, Des Moines, Iowa $56.00
Gas: Sidney, Nebraska 4.354 gal @ $2.299 $10.01; North Platte, Nebraska 3.300 gal @ $2.879 $9.50; Kearney, Nebraska 2.752 gal @ $2.999/gal $8.25; Lincoln, Nebraska 4.297 gal @ $2.559/g $11.00;Shelby, Nebraska 2.846 gal @ $2.549/g $7.25; Des Mones, Iowa 3.043 gal @ $2.299/g $7.00
We left Cheyenne with a mission to put on a lot of miles and try to get home quickly. We feel we ended the trip once we left the Rockies in Loveland. Also, my Aunt Pat Kelly just passed away and we would like to make it to the Sault for the funeral. It seems that each of our trips we have to head to the Sault for a funeral!
So here's a clarification...THE WORLD IS FLAT!!! We left early and rode 80 miles at 80mph on the I80 for and the scenery didn't change a bit. It's flat praire with grasslands. A bit out of Cheyenne, we crossed state lines from Wyoming and entered Nebraska.
We road another 80 miles at 80mph on the I80 and the landscape is still flat...SO, We road another 80 miles at 80mph on the 80 and the landscape is still flat....So, as far as Nebraska is concerned, the world is flat. I could use this same photo over and over again as it doesn't change!
One thing about Nebraska...there are miles and miles of corn fields and the wind can be very strong whipping off those fields.
As we rode, the temperature started to rise and it went from 94 degrees to 99 degrees. We had to stop a few times for gas and to also refill our water. We didn't stop for photos as I could use the same photo for almost the entire day. The only things I wanted to take photos of, but couldn't, was the grat monument overpass in Kearney, Nebraska and also the huge, huge cattle facility near Ogallala, Nebraska which must have had a 1000 head of cattle.
Once we passed Ogallala, the winds really picked up due the temperature being around 99 degrees. It was hitting us very hard from the side and we really had to hang on because of the strong gusts. This continued for most of the afternoon until we got to Omaha, which is on the Nebraska, Iowa state line.
Once we got into Iowa, the terrain changed a bit to more of a rolling farmland. No more flat plains like Nebraska. We wanted to make it to Des Moines so that we could have a good start for a long run to the Sault. We just learned that Aunt Pat Kelly just passed away and she was the last of the generation that included Grandpa and Grandma Furkey. So, instead of heading back to St. Catharines, I will go to the Sault.
So, it was not a photo taking day, but a day to ride and ride and ride to put on as many miles was we could. Tomorrow, we will change our previously planned route to one that gets us to the Sault the fastest way.
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