Yesterday's ride went very well for everyone. What is amazing is that there were no flat tires. This never happened on the 2005 or 2008 tours. The roads yesterday were some of the best we have ridden with little junk on the side and really smooth pavement. We thanked the Lord of good roads today. Made the 74 mile ride very enjoyable inspite of the headwinds the last 2 miles.
Yesterday I determined that I would have difficulty completing the ride today so I arranged with Phil Quist to drop me off at the first SAG after our church stop in Prairie View RCA Church. The morning was beautiful. No wind and lots of sunshine. A beautiful day for a bike ride. I went with Phil to the church which was 22 miles down the road.
Ladies serving who are members of the church.
Trike outside antique mall in Agra
Christina Nienhuis, Barb Mellema and I taking a ride on this huge trike. Interesting place. The fellow owning the place came up on his horse to unlock the doors from his horse. Missed taking that pic.
Barb ahead with Smith Centre the place where we stopped for a free ice cone in the distance of 5 miles. Thought it was all down hill, but found a few up hills with some pea gravel pavement. Hard on the hands.
Sign entering Kansas which was not there when we entered 2 days ago.
Now in Nebraska.
I only biked 20 miles today as my hands were starting to hurt from some of the rough roads and my left leg was starting to cramp up when I started to push too hard. Being that there was still 35 miles after the ice cream stop I decided to just pack it in and not try to kill myself by biking in the heat and with my body already complaining. My bottom was also getting sore and my lips have cracks on them so I thought it best just to ride it our in the van.
Red Cloud is the home of Willa Cather who was a great American author in the late 1880 writing about life on the frontier. Interesting lady.
Grassland view from the Willa Cather sign. Apparently it is protected to indicate the prairie fields that Willa would have seen when she lived in the area.
Hope to up date more later as I need to post this
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Thank you for your blog each day as I sit here in Florida reading each morning. I,almost,feel as if I'm with you on your ride of a lifetime.
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