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Day 35: {between "C" and "D"}
JULY 9: Tribune, Kans, to Eads, Colo. 58 miles via Kansas Route 96 and Colorado Route 96. Average speed today, 14.9 mph. Total trip mileage to date, 2,153. Average daily mileage since June 1, 56.7.
Did you get that speed? I think it’s a trip record. It’s what happens when the weather is cool, the terrain is flat and the wind is at your back. And that huge breakfast cinnamon bun at the Chatterbox didn’t hurt.
The Kansas reality of west-to-east winds for two days has reversed itself in our favor. But eastbound cyclists don’t like it much.
“We started a 1 a.m. this morning to avoid the headwinds,” one of two women cycling toward Virginia told is just west of Tribune.
We enjoyed every minute of our morning. Before 9 a.m. we crossed into Colorado. Now have seven states down and four rather big ones – Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California – ahead.
It took us eight days to cross KS and, despite the last two days, conditions were not pleasant. Been gave the state a thumbs down, ready to see mountains instead of grain elevators on the horizon.
Arrived at
We did find, however, a good sub sandwich place and an air-conditioned library with high speed Internet. Such are the little treasures of life on the road.
