The surprisingly rolling run-in to Omaha |
East by Northwest
One man's solo cycling journey from Seattle to Philadelphia Omaha.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Day 26 (Tuesday 11-15-2011): Osceola to Omaha, NE (and then to Philly via bus!)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Day 25 (Monday 11-14-2011): Holdrege to Osceola
Day 24 (Sunday 11-13-2011): North Platte to Holdrege
The rain had stopped and the winds had died down overnight and when I awoke things looked pretty nice out. On my way out of town I ate breakfast at the now open Daylight Donuts which did not seem like a hopping place unlike a lot of doughnut and coffee places back on the east coast. Today's journey was going to bring me to my fourth and final Warmshowers household on my trip. Tim and Bev in Holdrege were going to put me up for the night so I had about a 100 mile journey today. Their place was a little out of my direct, Route 30 path to Omaha, but it was be nice to shower, sleep indoors, and meet some new people before I concluded my journey.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Day 23 (Saturday 11-12-2011): NE 92 & US-385 intersection to North Platte
The start of my day on Route 92 |
A half hour or so later |
Cornfield in the morning time |
Friday, January 6, 2012
Day 22 (Friday 11-11-2011): Corrington Pioneer Park to NE-92 Scenic and US-385 interchange
Welcome to Nebraska |
Four in one auto (bike) route |
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Day 21 (Thursday 11-10-2011): I-25 onramp to Corrington Pioneer Park
Nightfall near Corrington |
Well, yet another morning of awaking to the sound of human activity outside my tent. This time it was the rumbling of what sounded like two diesel pickup trucks. I hoped it wasn't the property owner as I wasn't exactly sure if I was camped on the right-of-way or the actual private property (it was outside the fence but still quite a ways from the road and the entrance and exit ramps to I-25). I figured it was really too late to worry about it now so I finished waking up, ate the rest of the Walmart doughnuts from yesterday inside my tent (it was quite windy out last night so I set up my tent to block some of the wind), packed up my gear, and exited the tent. Turns out two hunters with ATVs loaded on the backs of their trucks were about to go hunting on the property. There were signs posted saying hunting was allowed, but to please contact the property owner before doing so. Obviously they didn't mind that I was camped there (but might have thought it somewhat strange), but until I got out of my tent I had no idea who was idling their truck right outside my tent for a good fifteen or twenty minutes.
Day 20 (Wednesday 11-9-2011): Rte 20/26 rest stop to I-25 onramp
So, I got an early rise on Wednesday to some knocking on the door. I thought it might have been someone looking to use the restroom and ignored it but a minute later I heard keys rattling in the lock. Uh-oh. The door opened and a custodian looked in, said it wasn't a hotel (Yeah, I know!) and closed it again. I quickly got up, packed up the rest of my stuff, and left. The guy was waiting outside to clean but was actually quite friendly and we chatted for a little while. He said he's seen other people doing the same thing, including a young guy who was trying to warm up after riding his motorcycle in cold, rainy weather wearing nothing but jeans and a shirt for protection from the elements. It turned out that the custodian has woken me up at like 5:30 so by the time I got rolling it was just turning light out. The earliest start to a day of riding so far!
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