We started the day in high spirits with a cool temp and cloud cover. An hour down the road we ran into two bikers who were crossing the country as well. After talking they informed us that they ran into a dirt road ahead and had to turn around. This meant that we had to head back down the road and bike on the interstate.
The good news is that we teamed up and had a few good miles. Then, the heat kicked in... 104 degrees and a headwind soon hit us. We were forced to stop. We waited in the parking lot of a gas station and sat in with some sprinklers, which helped cool the air.
After an hour we left. The gas station said that the temperature was 108. Mom and Scott thought the headwind had stopped... they were wrong. It was so hot Jon's glasses melted. Scott's iPhone said that the temperature was 122 degrees, Ben's read 118.
As we were approaching Mountain Home, we saw dry lightning. Opting for another rest period, we arrived at a gas station only to find out that we couldn't continue. The lighting we saw before had started a massive fire. Soon smoke and ash reached us, we were forced to settle in a crappy motel because the good hotels were evacuated.
In the end, I made a new enemy... called heat.
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