Day One, From Aurora to Woodward Oklahoma. Ugh,
What can I say. Almost 500 miles of nothing but flat, wind, Cold and then Hot, Did I say wind? And more wind. I am stopped for the night at Woodward OK as I am a bit tired and I also built in two days to get to Fred D's place. 466 miles today. Not that much but I took my time today fighting the wind.
Woke up at 12:30 am to one of the loudest thunder claps that I have ever heard, and then torrential down pour of rain. Great ,this bodes well for my leaving at 6am in the morning. O well, rolled over and went back to sleep. Got up at about 05:00 and was on the road at 0630. Luckily no rain just 34 degrees and cloudy over cast with falling mist. Had this all the way to Limon and then the skies started to clear up. Wind from the north and a bit chilly. Good thing I was wearing my heated gear. By the time I got to Dodge City, Kansas the sun was out and very bright and the temps were warming up quit nicely, Except still had the wind. Was delayed in Dodge City by a train that was shuffling train cars around and blocking the two RR crossings. This took about an hour so I parked the bike and had lunch instead.
Onward to Oklahoma. Again nothing very exciting except more wind and the temps were rising nearing the uncomfortable level. Got into Woodward around 4pm Colorado time and decided I wanted to stop and not push into Fred’s place tonight. Besides, it would be after 7pm by the time I got there. I might have gotten Fred out of bed. .........................Stay tuned for tomorrows episode.
What can I say. Almost 500 miles of nothing but flat, wind, Cold and then Hot, Did I say wind? And more wind. I am stopped for the night at Woodward OK as I am a bit tired and I also built in two days to get to Fred D's place. 466 miles today. Not that much but I took my time today fighting the wind.
Woke up at 12:30 am to one of the loudest thunder claps that I have ever heard, and then torrential down pour of rain. Great ,this bodes well for my leaving at 6am in the morning. O well, rolled over and went back to sleep. Got up at about 05:00 and was on the road at 0630. Luckily no rain just 34 degrees and cloudy over cast with falling mist. Had this all the way to Limon and then the skies started to clear up. Wind from the north and a bit chilly. Good thing I was wearing my heated gear. By the time I got to Dodge City, Kansas the sun was out and very bright and the temps were warming up quit nicely, Except still had the wind. Was delayed in Dodge City by a train that was shuffling train cars around and blocking the two RR crossings. This took about an hour so I parked the bike and had lunch instead.
Onward to Oklahoma. Again nothing very exciting except more wind and the temps were rising nearing the uncomfortable level. Got into Woodward around 4pm Colorado time and decided I wanted to stop and not push into Fred’s place tonight. Besides, it would be after 7pm by the time I got there. I might have gotten Fred out of bed. .........................Stay tuned for tomorrows episode.
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