Day 26- Tribune to Ness City

What an exciting day... After 80 miles, the road had one 45 degree
right bend, before bending back to head straight east again two miles
later. Not joking! Actually, I'm not complaining, with a slight cross/
tail wind, the mostly flat terrain and good road quality, these were
the easiest 100 miles yet. I'll fly across Kansas in no time at all,
before hitting Missouri with its many hills. Apparently, it's just a
lot of ups and downs without any overall elevation gains, or as Keith
called them: PUDs, pointless ups and downs. I met a couple of young
guys this morning, one of whom must be mad: at some point, he'll come
off the Transamerica to head south on a different trail, which will
take him through the desert to San Francisco. In August!!! He said
he'll be doing a lot of night and sunrise riding, though I'm not sure
how you'd be able to sleep during the day. I still don't feel too
exhausted from the riding, though I am sleeping a lot. In fact, this
morning I stayed in bed for 1.5hrs longer than I should have, not
realising that I'd enter central time zone just outside Tribune. So
effectively I was on the road after 9am, and that's just a bit too
late around here. The sores and wounds are also slowly healing, though
I have to use plasters everyday to stop the wounds from sticking to
the Lycra. It's painful and probably doesn't exactly speed up the
healing process! The various wheat and grass pollen around here were
also giving me a rash all over my arms and legs, but I realised that
I'd bought the wrong antihistamine last time, d'oh! At least I finally
got some proper food tonight, an all you can eat buffet for less than
$10, love it!