Day 33 August 1st Minden to York

Day 33 August 1 Minden to York Nebraska Sea to Sea 08

Today’s stats

Distance 94.64 miles
Time in saddle 7.21 hours
Ascent 1450 feet
Current elevation 1667
Average speed 12.9 miles per hour
Temperature 98

Started at 630 AM arrived in camp at 4 PM. Hank arrived at 515 PM

As usual we got up at 445AM in order to pick up everything and get on the road early. I started with Joan and picked up Leanne along the way. Hank started with Mary and Bill and ended up finishing alone. He said it was his ride and he did it his way. He was glad to be in.

When we started early this morning, there was little wind. By 10 AM it had picked up considerably and we were biking into the wind most of the day. It was either coming from the north or from the east. As we were biking both north and east we had to deal with the wind pretty much all day.

Early morning riding with a mill in the distance. These are seen everywhere there is a town in this part of the country.

We stopped at Corey’s SAG as it was the half way distance mark for the tour. It was a moment to celebrate.

Myself, Joan and Leanne celebrating the half way distance mark. We are in the home stretch.

We stopped in a town called Hastings for coffee. Leanne and I shared a cinnamon bun. It only cost 1.15 and the coffee was .67. Both were excellent. We always try to stop for coffee somewhere along the route if possible. Does not always work.

The terrain was again some rolling hills and lots of flat road. Riding from Sutton to York was a very beautiful ride as we rode on a quiet country road, past large corn and soybean fields. Much of the land was irrigated. Some of the fields were irrigated by flooding the fields with water between rows and others were irrigated. Riding on this road was delightful and a nice change of pace from the highways we have been riding on. Thanks Ed for this treat.
Pump for flooding the fields for irrigation

As we were biking along the highway, we ran across three signs. My name popped out at me, as I could not imagine who would know me in the middle of Nebraska. James Amels, Bob Winkel, Barb Mellema and my name were on the signs. It happens that Joel VanderWerken’s in laws live there and he asked them to put out a sign welcoming Sea-To-Sea bikers.

We are staying at York College, a small college in York. We are enjoying our selves here as we have WIFI in one of the buildings, along with air conditioning and a TV. It is a real treat for us as we have had problems with our Internet not working and I have had trouble uploading pictures.

I want to mention that I hope to carry the GPS for the tour on August 9th. It will be my granddaughter Katie’s 14th birthday. You can track how fast or slow I am riding that day.

We are very glad today is Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday and we will have a day of rest. We can sleep in and relax. We are also completed week 5 and one of the weeks with the highest daily averages. I will be glad when the week is done.