As I left this morning Mrs. Schmidt gave me a TY Beanie Baby inch worm advising me to take my trip inch by inch and I will get there. There could not have been a more appropriate day to have those words running through my head. Today was supposed to be an 80 mile day, but my goal was blatantly unattainable. In the first three hours I made it 17 miles to a restaurant before taking a break from the miserable 25-35mph cross headwind. At the restaurant talked to the hostess about oil drilling, wind power, restaurant fires, business, and more. A regular came in. After telling her what I was doing she advised me not to talk to strangers, then came over. She hugged me and said we're not strangers. After reading for a few more hours I barreled through the winds for another two and a half hours to cover a disappointing twenty miles.
The land is really flattening out. Power lines fade into the horizon, and most things are disappearing leaving only cows and oil pumps. Rather than chase me, the cows now seem to stare at my stupidity for riding this contraption in the wind. It is exciting to be in a type of land that is completely different than anything so far, and would be perfect if the winds were blowing from the east!
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