{"id":2529,"date":"2023-08-20T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T18:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2023-08-20T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T20:03:32","slug":"north-platte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/08\/20\/north-platte\/","title":{"rendered":"North Platte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tailwinds! Overall an easy ride today including a shift in wind. Yesterday afternoon it became hot and the forecast for today was over 100F so I was riding just before sunrise. As it turned out, I was done by noon and the temperature was 83F with some humidity. I expect it to warm again this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pattern for today was similar to yesterday – a flat ride following US 30 to the west. Alongside the railroad tracks, with 14 trains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Platte is a town of 25k people but still feels quiet. Perhaps Sunday and heat keep people inside. I was also surprised today at how few cars were on US 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brady was my halfway point today. These high temperatures are about 10-15F above normal for this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overcast starting out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of 14 trains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Home of the Eagles and Jackson Lake. Population 408, but enough people in the surrounding area to have a high school with 93 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even small towns have a pedestrian overpass and an automobile overpass crossing the rail lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old style gas station <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The biggest climbs today were over the railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Platte splits just before North Platte. The South Platte River continues west and then southwest towards Denver. The North Platte River continues west and then northwest via Scottsbluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise a straightforward ride today. I expect somewhat shorter rides the next two days – both because of weather and because of where motels are found.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tailwinds! Overall an easy ride today including a shift in wind. Yesterday afternoon it became hot and the forecast for today was over 100F so I was riding just before sunrise. As it turned out, I was done by noon …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nebraska"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2534,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/2534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}