Traveling Across America: Day 6

We left Hays and were on our way to Lafeyette, Colorado to stay stay at my friend’s place for the night before hitting up Rocky Mountain National Park. Before leaving, we had breakfast at the Golden Griddle. We rode about 120 miles and stopped for gas. After getting gas, I saw Dierks Bentley’s stage crew truck. I thought that was cool to see knowing he’s performing a tour.

We rode through vast amounts of farmland consisting mainly of corn, milo, and sunflowers. These fields were endless. It was like looking at the ocean where you can’t see any farther. The fields just seem to disappear in the distance. The farms back home are nowhere near as vast.

After riding endlessly through farm fields, we would come to these very small towns. There would be some houses and buildings, but very few. Some of these towns had 5 or 6 buildings. Then nothing but fields for anither 20 to 30 miles. We did this several times and then my gas light came on. I can roughly do 45 miles once it comes on, but Gabe said that I-70 was another 54 miles after I already did 30 miles with my light on. Gabe’s gas light also came on. I got very nervous as I thought we were going to run out of gas. We both brought gas with us. I have a half gallon and he has one gallon. So, we started to calculate how to split the gas so we can get to I-70. His bike had estimated 37 miles until he was done and my bike would ideally need almost two gallons of gas. At last, we came through a town with found a gas station. Best part, it was closed. Now I really started worrying. It was 95 in the sun with no shade around. Just as we were about to use our own gasoline, I noticed this special box with “credit cards accepted” on it. Realized there was an atm machine to dispenser gas. Didnt know how it worked at first. I selected $10 to use. Tried to fill up, and lost $10. Nothing came out. At this point I was thinking I ran out of luck. Well, I figured I would try one more time. This time, it worked and I gave Gabe a high- five with excitement know I had a full tank of gas and we would make it to I-70 without any issues.

We hopped onto I-70 and made our way to Lafayette, Colorado to stay at my friend’s house. He wasn’t home, but it was good to see his dog. I haven’t seen her in a while and she listens so well. We waited for my friend’s father to get back and then we took Bailey for a walk and saw a bunch of prarie dogs too. It’s amazing how many will occupy a field. Then we all went to dinner at a local brewery called The Post for dinner and drinks and called it a day since Rocky Mountain National Park was next up!