Day 26 Ness City, KS to Scott City, KS 56 miles

Sometimes when we go to the only restaurant in town for breakfast, the 14 Adventure Cycling Tour group is already there waiting for their breakfast. Such was the case today.

We waited and waited for breakfast and on top of it all, it was terrible. We both felt sick afterward and it delayed us an hour. But, by 9:00 am we were on the bikes heading west.

Today we had a direct headwind of about 10 to 12 mph for the first 31 miles. As a result we lowered our heads and pedaled away.

The winds gradually changed and by the afternoon when the temperature came close to 100 degrees, the winds changed to the right side and then a slight side/tail wind until we arrived at our destination of Scott City, Kansas. It is a little oasis of a few trees and a grain silos out in the middle of a vast flatland of grain and hay fields.

On our way we passed a marker to George Washington Carver.

From JakeTransAmerica

Jake’s grandpa was, as usual, very helpful to us by finding the best places to eat and a hostel for us to sleep at tonight. It is the local athletic club and sleeping bags are all over on the carpets and lawn. It cost us $10 per person to stay the night, use the showers and bathrooms and especially be cooled by the air conditioning.

From JakeTransAmerica

From JakeTransAmerica

From JakeTransAmerica