Woke up at 5, I had a coffee, and Dan had his Deli- Express Bacon, egg, cheese bisquit at a convenience store before leaving town.
At Sunol we were detoured south because hwy 30 had a bridge out just before Lodgepole. At I80 we had proof that Nebraska does not want us to bike on the interstate. The secondary road went to sand/gravel after I80, Dan fell going down hill. The detour route was an extra 10 miles most of which was on sandy/gravel. At Lodgepole we split a 12″ sub and saw a picture in the local paper of the section of road that was out. While a problem for vehicals we could have made it through.
At Chappell we took hwy 385 into the South Platte river valley. Not much in Julesburg, stopped at the grocery store to purchase Powerade. We are staying at the ‘Holiday Motel’ on the west side of Julesburg.