What a day! We started off early, expecting it to be the hottest day of our trip so far. However, we didn't end until late in the afternoon, hot and exhausted.
We were on the road by 6:15 am, hoping to avoid some of the day's heat. Then about 19 miles into the day, we had a decision to make. We could either go south on 14, or go on to Rugby. Jim and Bob decided that they'd rather head south on 14, because of construction on highway 2. The rest of us decided to brave the construction because we wanted to get to a town sooner than 32 miles and we wanted to see Rugby.
4 miles later we were enjoying another fantastic breakfast in a Towner cafe. Then we were off towards Rugby. We quickly ran into the promised construction, but it wasn't as bad as we were afraid of. The traffic wasn't too heavy and the road was paved the whole length. However, it was definitely scary having semi-trucks pass right next to us, because they didn't have room to get over a lane.
It's getting hot already, jeeze.Finally we arrived in Rugby, the geographical center of North America. After a few pictures and a dairy queen, we were on the road again.
The center of the continent, cool!By this time the day was getting seriously hot, by the time we got to Esmond we were told it was 100 degrees. To make matters worse we fought a crosswind the entire afternoon, which slowed and frustrated us.
Don, like the rest of us, is hotted out.Finally we arrived in Esmond, where we found a great cafe, with cheap good food. Then we set up camp, and went to enjoy live music. It just happened to be Esmond Day, and they were celebrating. The party lasted until 2am, though none of us lasted even close to that long.
We've had many great sunsets, though this is the first one that I thought might turn out in a picture.
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