HOT AND HUMID!!! 104 degrees! We were cycling from Dodge City and heading east. We were up at 6:30 to get riding before the southerly winds kicked up. We have heard from five or six cyclist here in Kansas that many people who encounter the "wicked winds" of Kansas, give up their cross country goal. There is certainly a lot of psychology that goes into conquering the winds of Kansas. We were never made aware of them but we learned fast how they can play games with your head and demoralize a person. We have had true tailwinds 2 of our 26 days of cycling. We were outside Hutchinson, KS when we came across this huge 5000 acre windmill farm. If you cannot read the photo, these windmills can produce enough energy to power 33,000 homes each year. When we cycled into Hutchinson, KS we met a wonderful family who offered us a house to ourselves that they own. Jennifer and Dan (Randall, Brizendine). We are very thankful to them for their thoughtful consideration in putting up two exhausted cyclists.
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