Our day started off with moderate winds and plenty of sun. A major improvement over yesterday’s gale force winds so we were happy campers. The forecast was for more high winds but it appeared the weatherman missed this one. At least we thought he did…..
When you travel west the days get noticeably longer. Eventually the sun is still up at 8:45 PM. Of course the correction for this are the time zones. Today we entered the Mountain Time Zone. Pushing us now 2 hours ahead of the east coast where we started.
About 40 miles into our day we reached the Colorado border. Boy you really know you are far from home when you see that sign. We were all ready for a new state too. Kansas is a big place and took five days to traverse. I saw fields of wheat that were bigger than Connecticut.
We knew we had a relatively easy day planned of about 75 miles. The reason for this again is motel availability. Places to stay are getting few and far between and our day’s trek is always based on that.
When you travel west the days get noticeably longer. Eventually the sun is still up at 8:45 PM. Of course the correction for this are the time zones. Today we entered the Mountain Time Zone. Pushing us now 2 hours ahead of the east coast where we started.
About 40 miles into our day we reached the Colorado border. Boy you really know you are far from home when you see that sign. We were all ready for a new state too. Kansas is a big place and took five days to traverse. I saw fields of wheat that were bigger than Connecticut.
We knew we had a relatively easy day planned of about 75 miles. The reason for this again is motel availability. Places to stay are getting few and far between and our day’s trek is always based on that.
We squandered some of our time at water stops knowing we had plenty of time to spare. All of our “spare” time got sucked up quick when the predicted winds finally did kick in. In a matter of minutes the slight breeze turned into a steady 30 mph cross wind.
One thing we had going for us was the road was virtually without any traffic. At least we would not be getting bullied around by the tractor-trailers going by. The wind steadily increased and eventually turned directly into our faces. With less than 15 miles to go our forward progress had been reduced to less than 8mph pushing hard.
The wind has us begging for the mountains. Hopefully we will be protected from the wind and will only have to deal with the climbing. At least you have some control over that. You have no control of the wind.
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