{"id":17268,"date":"2015-08-03T21:38:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T01:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=17268"},"modified":"2015-08-04T07:34:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T11:34:55","slug":"day-24-monday-august-3-norfolk-to-wisner-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=17268","title":{"rendered":"Day 24. Monday, August 3 – Norfolk to Wisner, Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is a planned short ride (or “day off” by someone’s<\/em>\u00a0standards), so we splurged for a real hotel<\/strong> and slept in. \u00a0Even with a glorious late morning start,\u00a0\"DSCN5726\"<\/a> the overcast had kept the temperatures cool yet\u00a0humid; unfamiliar from the past four weeks. \u00a0Rain was not in the forecast, but the sky told a different story.\"DSCN5744\"<\/a> \u00a0For miles we watched the\u00a0rain and lighting\u00a0off our shoulder\"DSCN5748\"<\/a> and enjoyed the overcast and flat road, but not the wind in our face. \"DSCN5746\"<\/a>\u00a0Just short of our halfway mark for the day, we rolled into Stanton \"DSCN5761\"<\/a>and consulted Bob on our route from here.\"DSCN5760\"<\/a> \u00a0He confirmed our suspicions; we were headed for a gravel road. \u00a0Bob offered to put our bikes in his horse trailer parked across the street and take us wherever we wanted to go, but we declined. \u00a0As much as we had really liked the flat route we had chosen the night before, the looks of the long stretch of gravel was not appealing. \u00a0So we climbed up and out of the pretty Elkhorn Valley\"IMG_0831\"<\/a> and back to the hilly route we had tried so hard to avoid. \u00a0 The hills gave us a good workout\"DSCN5769\"<\/a>passed\u00a0plenty of healthy corps;\"DSCN5771\"<\/a> we were definitely in Huskers<\/em> country (corn is ten feet tall). \"DSCN5767\"<\/a>\u00a0The new route was\u00a0filled with trucks and pretty golden butterflies; a very interesting contrast. \u00a0Happy to be off the busy road and checked in by two.<\/p>\n

We had\u00a0to bike into town for dinner,\"DSCN5777\"<\/a> but after only 38 miles for the day, we still had legs left. \u00a0We say goodnight with two sayings we saw this afternoon, make sure to read below the beer logo.\"DSCN5775\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DSCN5773\"<\/a> \u00a0We are doing our best!<\/p>\n\n\t\t