Well today the wind was just silly..had to be. Gusting at 50 mph easy I'd guess...I rode to newton against it and decided it would be dangerous to ride on further. The next map section says no services food or water for 58 miles and against headwinds like this its just silly. So...being a msn of many means and in need of a free place to sleep in newton I just checked into the lo al fire and ambulance staion for the night!

Newton is a bigger town around here and busy..so hopefully the wind will relent and I can move on tomorrow.

I saw a dead armadillo on the road...I didn't know they had those here...also several prairie dogs.