DAY EIGHT - WHAT A MESS

The day started out rainy so I was prepared with my rain gear on but it was also very, very foggy. I had my front lights and rear blinky going until about 11:00. About eight miles up the road I approached Riskin and they had a thirteen mile work zone going. I got thru the first three ok but when I got to the last flagger I couldn’t believe what the road looked like. I asked him how far it went and he hung his head and said sorry, but I had about 10 miles of it. Until I show you the picture you’ll have to take my word for it but it looked like a rumble strip road….and not even a good one. Kind of like it had been cluster bombed.

So, I just started down it. Actually, I rode a ways in the wrong lane because it was not tore up. That lasted about one mile before they both were that way. I could only run about 6 miles per hour because any faster and the panniers where trying to come off and it was about to shake my teeth out.

I finally made it to smoother pavement and had a cross wind for a few miles before I turned back west and had a slight tail wind. Other than that it was just a peddle for peddle day. I took a picture of a dead snake the a little further up the road I saw a bigger one. It was strung out about half way across my lane. I stopped to take a picture but this one was alive and headed for the grass, too fast for a pic. Within about a few hundred feet a Whitetail doe came flying out from my side and crossed the road at full speed. Glad I wasn’t a tad bit faster or we would have collided.

I made it to Red Cloud, found the Subway and had my usual. I wanted to do some blog updates but they did not have Wifi. I got to Franklin and found the nice park and set my tent up under the pavilion. The library is right behind me but I could not get a Wifi unless I sat in front of it. I had just enough time to post a few days updates without pictures before the mosquitoes attacked. I’m now typing this up in the security of my tent.

Tomorrows destination – Cambridge, NE.
Ice Cream flavor today – Butter Pecan
Miles today - 70