Woke up to the thickest fog I’ve seen in a while. I couldn’t even see across the street. Wasn’t riding in that, so I laid back down and waited til the sun burnt it off. I wanted to be seen and even in all yellow, I would not have felt safe.

Three snakes and one bungy today. Total bungies now 54. Guess I should have kept track of all the snakes. I didn’t think I’d see that many. Locals say they are rattlers and bull snakes. So far, they’ve all been dead.

Rode 31 miles to the only place to stay before another 60 miles. Clouds were already building up behind me and I wasn’t sure with the daily head winds that I could make it that far. I was feeling pretty frisky but probably not enough to outrun a thunderstorm. This area had egg size hail last night with damage to houses. Not something I want to get caught in.

Last night’s lodging was the best ever. They had a breakfast room with a good spread. Last night, when I was inquiring about places to eat (there was only one and I had been there for lunch), I was informed that the hotel had a small bar where I could get wine and had a limited menu for dinner. Whala! I had a really good pizza and didn’t have to leave the hotel. There really wasn’t much of anything else in that little town of 600 people. Although, before I found the hotel, I was able to get a paperback from the library.

So, call me wussy or whatever, but I made the decision today to try to find a ride to the next lodging site 60 miles down the road. Places to find cover were 15 or more miles apart. I was going to stay here at the local church, but the pastor and his wife were going to go that way and said they’d take me to Leoti. Yeah!. A big thanks to Pastor Jim and Pam. So many nice people in the world.

The only building in a ‘town’ I went through today.