{"id":16957,"date":"2015-07-28T21:57:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T01:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2015-07-29T09:27:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T13:27:45","slug":"day-18-tuesday-july-28-hot-springs-south-dakota-to-chadron-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=16957","title":{"rendered":"Day 18. Tuesday, July 28 – Hot Springs, South Dakota to Chadron, Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night’s storm had washed the sky clean and the dust away; all that remained was cool temps and a breeze.\"DSCN5198\"<\/a> \u00a0We pedaled uphill for a couple of miles past a beautiful ravine\"DSCN5210\"<\/a> with pretty rapids\"DSCN5208\"<\/a> and then over the Cheyenne River. \"DSCN5213\"<\/a>\u00a0Past that, was a long, straight road.\"DSCN5216\"<\/a> \u00a0A rest at the top of one of the rolling hills and a look back on the last of the Black Hills.\"DSCN5252\"<\/a> \u00a0We rolled (mostly up) for miles,\"DSCN5218\"<\/a> seeing a whole lot of very little<\/em>. \"DSCN5220\"<\/a>\u00a0Though the temperature were perfect for biking (think football season), we were hungover from the vista overload of the last few days. \u00a0In reality, we were both upset we were heading south and not east, taking advantage of the incredible WNW wind<\/strong>.\"IMG_0721\"<\/a> \u00a0Twenty two miles down the road we came to an east intersecting road. \u00a0We stopped and looked in the direction we longed to go. \u00a0But there was nothing on that road\u00a0to be found for over a hundred miles, except for a liquor store and one hotel that was booked. \u00a0So we plodded along with the wind at our shoulder,\"DSCN5228\"<\/a> not a hindrance, but not a help.\"DSCN5243\"<\/a>Look at the wind on the water reeds.<\/p>\n

We reached a ridge at the Nebraska state line and took a quick break. \"DSCN5245\"<\/a>\u00a0It didn’t look like much more to see from here, but with a slight bend in the road and\u00a0an eight mile downhill, we flew with the wind.\"DSCN5235\"<\/a> \u00a0It was not until a few miles from town we started to see signs of civilization\"DSCN5257\"<\/a> and life.\"DSCN5250\"<\/a> \u00a0Another late lunch in town and then up the hill to our hotel. \u00a0Once again we\u00a0looked at all the options to head east and avoid another day of our southerly direction. \u00a0Thankfully, the puzzle was finally coming together. \u00a0Though too late to enjoy the 20-30 mph tailwind we would<\/em> have had today, at least tomorrow we will begin again to head\u00a0towards home. \u00a0A little dinner\"DSCN5268\"<\/a>after our 57 mile day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t