When we woke up and looked out the window, we found that there was a light snow, so it was good that we were inside last night. The continental breakfast at the hotel was great! We had eggs, waffles, orange juice, toast, and cereal so we were nice and full and ready for the day. We were on the road just after 9 and got to ride in a light snow for a little while. Most of the ride down towards Wind Cave National Park was downhill. Not only was it downhill, but there was a strong wind at our backs pushing us all the way there. When we got to the park we saw some more prairie dogs and buffalo. At the visitor center we upgraded our pass from the badlands to a year pass for the national parks since we will be going to so many this year. After looking at the exhibits we headed towards Hot Springs where we planned to stop for lunch. We got to Hot Springs really quick and stopped in the park to make some mac and cheese. There were even working bathrooms in the park which made it easy to wash dishes. Before heading out of town we filled up on water at Subway. With the wind the way it was we figured that we would be able to make it to the NE border with no problem. After about 70 total miles, we made it to the border and got our SD sign picture since we missed it and obviously the pic with the NE sign too. Once we rode into NE we were on a grooved road for about 5-6 miles, part of which we had that strong wind a little more at our sides because the road turned. Riding with that strong wind on the grooved pavement was pretty tricky. Somehow, the road turned back so the wind was at our backs and the grooved pavement ended at the same time, which made the rest of the ride a lot easier. Around 5:30 we made it to Chadron, which is where we figured we would be staying for the night. There was a McDonald where we stopped to use the picnic tables to make some rice for dinner. When we looked at the warm showers site to see how far away our next host was (we planed to be there tomorrow night), it looked a lot closer than we thought. After calling our host, Travis, we found out it was only 22 miles away and that we could make it there tonight, even if we had to ride in the dark for a couple miles. So once we found out he could take us tonight, we packed up real quick and headed further south. We knew that by the time we reached our host we would have over 100 miles since we were already at 86. The wind was still with us which helped, especially when we were going down hill or on a flatter part of the road. It was incredible today, the wind was so strong that you could feel it pushing you up hills and down the road. We are so thankful that that wind was in our favor because we definitely would not have made it very far if it was against us. The weather channel said that the wind was 25-30mph with gusts up to 50mph. It would have been a horrible day if this wind would have been against us! The ride to Travis's house we a little hilly in the beginning, but it still went relatively quickly. We rode for a little bit in the dark with our lights, but it wasn't pitch black out yet so it wasn't bad. There wasn't much traffic on the road which was also helpful. Travis's house is about 15 miles from Hemingford. Once we made it there and got our bikes inside, we were greeted by a really cute kitty (which of course made my day!). His house was pretty neat because it was an old one room school house that was used up until about 5 years ago! We both had a nice shower and enjoyed watching part of the movie "The Green Hornet" on the projection screen that Travis had before bed. I had so much fun playing with the kitty because she was so cuddly and loved attention. We had a really comfy bed to sleep in and I was so excited that the kitty decided to come sleep next to us even though we were strangers. It was a little chilly today, but somehow we managed to not get rained on (even though the weather report said it was supposed to rain all day). The day was pretty incredible though since we rode 111.29 miles in 8 hours with the help of the wind. We weren't nearly as tired as we have been other days even though we covered a lot of ground..