This is the stretch I think everyone was dreading: approximately 25 miles directly into a stout southerly wind. Weather Underground remembers the max wind speed of that day to be 28mph, with gusts to 35mph.
One of the marvels of today was St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Damar, KS. (Here's a link to the Kansas Town and Cities on the Internet page, for more info: St. Joseph's Church )
There are some beautiful stained-glass windows in this church.
The temperature reached 100 degrees today in Hays. The evening entertainment was a trip to the Rans factory, where light aircraft and recumbent bicycles are manufactured. The folks there fed us from a "burrito bar" and let us take their recumbents for test drives.
I think everyone is hoping for a break from the headwind (and the heat) tomorrow...