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Day 34 – 06/26/21
Eads, CO to Fowler, CO – 65 miles, 11.2mph, 855ft elevation gain Well folks… It was a wet, cold, head-wind, bumpy- road Colorado kind of a day. BUT we loved it AND Colorado needs the rain. We only saw one young gal headed East today. I’m guessing most cyclists hunkered down today. I have Jocelynn.…
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Day 33 – 06/25/21
Tribune, KS to Eads, CO – 63 miles, 9.7mph, 1169ft elevation gain Awesome head wind kind of a Colorado day. So excited to be in this state. Got pulled over by Colorado’s finest. Go to bottom to see the outcome. Jocelynn was freaking out. Met Nathan from Evansville IN. He quickly told me I was…
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Day 32 – 06/24/21
Dighton, KS to Tribune, KS – 66mi, 11mph, 999ft elevation gain I want to thank each of you for your encouragement and love for me on this journey. It means the world. Kansas wanted to make sure I remembered she could dish it out. Had a head wind of 20mph most of the day. It…
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Day 31 – 06/23/21
Schaffer, KS to Dighton, KS – 79 mi, 12mph, 1417 ft elevation 79 hot and windy miles in Kansas today. I might get Colorado tomorrow. Yippee. We met Kevin from Chicago traveling East. We saw 4 others too today. 2 were racers. We took a rock to the windshield AND I called Erie Auto Glass…
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Day 30 – 06/22/21
Sterling, KS to Schaffer, KS – 65 miles, 10mph, +689ft gain WINDY Kansas day! Saw some incredible things BUT the wind is the story. At one point the cross winds were so strong that when a semi passed me it lifted me off of my bike seat. No joke. This same wind blew me off…
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Day 29 – 06/21/21
Newton, KS to Sterling, KS – 65mis, 12.3 mph, +1700ft elevation gain Super de duper FAST day. No hiccups. Just a few rain showers this morning. My jacket was on until 10:45 too. I got up to 1700 in elevation. Gotta get much higher as we enter the Rockies. Just great Kansas miles today. Really…
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Day 28 – 06/20/21
Toronto Lake, KS to Newton, KS – 91 miles Here are my thoughts on today. HOT!!🔥🔥. So. I kept asking Jocelynn around 1pm what the temp was. It was beginning to be tough to breathe let alone function. She would say 90 degrees. Sooo. I continued on. My goal was a century (100 miles) today.…
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Day 27 – 06/19/21
Farlington, KS to Toronto Lake, KS – 76.8mi, 12.3mph, +1974ft elevation gain Best day yet. I got to meet Shawn Cheshire. I have been following her journey from almost the beginning of my ride. She is a veteran and former paramedic that had a traumatic fall out the back of an ambulance. She suffered a…
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4 states down
Donita finished up Missouri today. 06/18/21. She has traveled 1561 miles so far and +86,698 elevation gain.
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Day 26 – 06/18/21
Dilday Mill, MO to near Farlington, KS – 76mi, 11.8mph, +2121ft elevation gain Outstanding 76.6 miles today. We are within 4 miles of Crawford State park and have a campsite on the lake. Kinda cool. Question: Why are wind turbines placed geographically where they are? (Answer at the bottom) I must say the folks of…