Time: 3h17m58s
Distance: 117.62km
Avg Spd: 35.6km/hr
Climbing: 248m
Today's ride was glorious! We actually had somewhat of a tailwind for almost all of the ride. Except for the final mile into the campground - that was straight into the wind, and super tough.
The scenery was pretty much the same as yesterday...
Marc "Stretch" started this game where we sprint for town and county signs. I won the first one, didn't see the second one coming but made it a photo finish just the same. And Marc took the third and fourth ones with no contest as my legs were beat. An average speed of 35km/hr is crazy fast to sustain for three hours, even with the wind, and this game took it's toll on me. Tomorrow we ride another century, so we'll be taking it slow.
We took advantage of the time change in Colby last night, and played cards 'til 10:30pm. The mayor of the town came by to check on us, as well as one of the two on-duty police officers. He joked about making us take our tents down because we didn't have permits to stay in their park.
Tonight we're staying at Prairie Dog State Park. No joke, it's called Prairie Dog park... It's a quiet RV park on a man-made lake in the middle of nowhere (actually 5miles west of Norton). The lake is like a giant mud puddle. Likely because all the wind stirs up the sediment on the bottom. Shade is minimal, but the wind keeps the heat down.
We're at McDonalds (again) for a quick hour of Wi-Fi and easy calories before dinner. I doubt this place has ever seen this many people...
Not much else to report today, so I'll end it here.
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