June 20, 2024
Day 4 - Kimball to Scottsbluff
Well this was a much more pleasant day than yesterday! Warmer, lighter winds, and a route I've done twice before, so it's familiar.
As hot and dry or even as stormy as the afternoons can get, Nebraska mornings always seem to get off to a beautiful start.
Most of the route to Scottsbluff is these gentle rollers. This highway has a nice wide shoulder, two lanes for traffic to share, and nothing too steep or long. Perfect summer riding!
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No sound but imagine the sound of panting...
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The reward - downhill at nearly 40mph!
I got to Scottsbluff way too early to check into my hotel, so stopped for lunch. Around 3pm as I was approaching the hotel, the sky was looking pretty ominous to the west.
I checked in, while several guests were figuring out how to stack their cars under the hotel's covered entranceway as hail was predicted.
Soon after, I got a warning on my phone that baseball-sized hail was possible!
It did come, but nothing bigger than large marbles. Here's the view from my hotel window:
Pretty glad I wasn't still trying to ride my bike. That would have been nasty!
Tomorrow I head northeast to Alliance, NE. Highs in the 70s with light winds, so it should be a nice ride!
Today's ride: 45 miles (72 km)
Total: 245 miles (394 km)
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