We woke up early after a great nights sleep and found out that it was lightly snowing again this morning. Travis had to leave for work really early in the a.m. so we unfortunately didn't get to see him this morning. We had some really yummy cereal for breakfast along with an orange. We relaxed for a little bit while we waited for the temperature to get a little warmer outside. Shenga, the kitty, again was nice and cuddly, so we gave her a lot of attention. When it was time to go we hit the road around 9:30. It was about 30 miles before we planned to stop for lunch and they seemed to take a while (even though we weren't going that slow) after covering so many mile so quickly yesterday. The traffic was again pretty light and the wind wasn't bad, although there was a slight headwind for the first 23 miles. Again it was a little chilly, but we were pretty comfortable with our warm gear. When we arrived in Alliance we found some picnic tables outside of Subway that looked like a perfect place to make lunch. We cooked up some rice and then I cleaned up our dishes in the ladies room. There was also a McDonald's in town, so we decided to take a little rest so I could write yesterdays blog, since I was too tired last night, and to enjoy a soda (I had an ice cream cone instead of soda and it sure was tasty!) While we were in McDonald's it rained for a short while outside, but luckily went away very quickly. After our break, we both felt more energized and ready to ride. The remainder of the ride took us through an area of sand hills and by a tiny old town that looked like it could be a ghost town. We also saw quite a few trains throughout the day. Our hope was to get as close to Scottsbluff as we could today since the weather report looked like it might be windy tomorrow. We made it to Minatare, which is only 10 miles from Scottsbluff. I had hoped there would be a grocery store in town so I could by a package of cookies or some kind of snack, but when we got there at 6:42 we saw the sign that they closed at 6:30, I was bummed. We found a nice spot to camp under the pavilion in the town park. There was a group of kids playing basketball so at least we had some entertainment while we made/ate dinner. Once it got dark we set up our tent and listened to the radio for a little before going to bed. We rode 74.33 miles today.
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