Sublette to Spearville
70 miles
6:50am-1:30pm
10.5mph Average

Today was a great day for biking! Especially at the beginning of the day, conditions were perfect. The temperature was nice, we had a good tailwind, and traffic was very light (because it’s Sunday). There really weren’t that many semis at all today, and the ones that did go by were nice about it. Towards the end of the day, the winds turned a little, it was fairly warm, and there were some substantial hills around Dodge City, but still not bad at all. I feel much better today than I did yesterday, and feel like I should be able to survive tomorrow.

There were several cool things we got to see today. When we were passing a feedlot, I told my dad that I wanted to get some pictures because I’m sure many of you don’t know where your beef comes from. We got a lot more than just pictures! We decided to pull into the place to find a good shot and ended up being taken on a tour by a real nice guy that worked there. Got to crawl up on some catwalks and everything. Meet the meat.

We also stopped to take a look at the wind energy farm outside of Montezuma. 170 turbines on 12,000 acres of land is impressive. Behold the awesomeness.

Final cool thing that happened today: I got my first flat tire. Doesn’t sound like much fun? Well, I got it just as we were pulling into Spearville, and right outside a homemade ice cream stand. The probably 20 year old tube had just split at the valve stem. Couldn’t have had a better place to do it!

Time to head off to a tasty buffet dinner. Mmmm.

Day 2 in pictures.