Day 8. Mile 1630. Lordknowswhere, tx

I'm sitting here sipping on gatorade because in spite of the fact that I
have a camelback with cold water, I still managed to come down with heat
fatigue. My head is throbbing and I've been very distracted. Elk city,
sayre, erick, and shamrock flew by without my noticing them, which is a
pity because they were all nifty little towns with unoque histories. I'm
really not used to this kind of heat.

Somewhere along the way, the rolling green of kansas and central
oklahoma became the vast yellow plains of western oklahoma and texas.
The dirt here isn't red anymire. Its a sandy yellow. What manages to
grow is quickly burned by the sun. Texas is wide, vast, lonely, and
isolated. The smallest portion of the state, the area in which I am, is
as wide as the state of indiana. Something to think about as I make my
way across.

I'm trying to rest but the flies keep biting me. Its slightly annoying.
I'm thinking of pouring my gatorade in my camelback and then making my
way to amarillo. Its about 80 miles from here. I'm not even sure if I'm
on mountain time, but it is 4pm central. I've been on the road for 8
hours now.

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