The City of Love! Valentine, NE July 1st!

The ride today was pretty boring for the first part. We did stop at the gas station in Spring View before we left to fill water and grab a quick bite to eat. We then rode and chatted for what seemed like forever and we ran into the smallest little town called Sparks. There we found a general store and grabbed some snacks. The lady working there was very kind and donated to our cause! From there the terrain changed and actually was rock with cliffs near the Niobrara River Valley. It is really beautiful what you see in all these states once you get off the main road ways! Today turned out to be a short day with 50 miles. So we got into Valentine fairly early and it allowed us to get some much needed chores in. We grabbed some lunch at Subway and then headed to the laundromat to do some laundry so we would not scare away the town folk in the days to come with our lovely aroma! Finally we also had some internet!!! Nebraska is a lot of very small towns so it is hard to find a place where you can actually get some wifi connection. After sitting in the library and air conditioning for a few hours we ate our dinner and headed down a fairly steep hill to our campsite. We were camping next to two guys who were riding their motorcycles back to Minnesota from Colorado. So we had some nice conversations yet again, set up camp and called it a night!