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09 bike tour

Day 33 – Council Grove to Louisburg, MO – 104 miles

Alarm went off at 7 am, I know it’s not very early, whatever.  Took forever to get camp picked up and food cooked.  Hit the road about 9am.  1.5 miles into the ride I stopped at the grocery store for some more carbs and a nice cold drink of milk.  While I was eating my […]

09 bike tour

Day 32 – Salina to Council Grove, KS – 78 miles

10 August, 2009 Slept great in the back of the “camper”.  Was woken by the alarm at 7am and got right on the road… after a little MickyD’s breakfast.  Paid for that all day. Arrived at the rental car place at 9 am, right on schedule.  Repacked my bags, hung them on the bike and

09 bike tour

Days 30 & 31 – Colorado Springs and Denver

8-9 august, 2009 The days’ activities were suppose to be logistics, visiting and resting before Cyndy headed back to Sacramento for a couple of weeks of reality.  So we needed to get Cyndy’s bike packed and going to Niagara Falls and make our way to Denver. Scurried out first thing on Saturday and packed the

09 bike tour

Day 29 Salina back to Pueblo via car

7 August, 2009 Today is the beginning of a transition for our tour.  As most of you know Cyndy was not able to get the time off to complete the full tour so she needs to be back in Sacramento on Monday for work.  So we rented a car and will be back tracking to

09 bike tour

Day 28 continued…Great Bend to Salina, KS 78 miles

After watching the weather channel for four and a half hours and with  checkout time looming, we decided to take the plunge, perhaps literally.  By the time we got under way it was a little after 11 am.  Although the ground was still covered in puddles, we stayed dry thanks to our tire fenders and

09 bike tour

Day 28 still here in Great Bend, KS

Well, was it the early alarm or the lightening and thunder that awoke us?  So much for beating the wind and making the dash towards Salina.  So, rolled back over and kept one eye on the weather channel.  We are so thankful that we are not in a tent right now as it is pouring

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Day 27 Bazine to Great Bend,KS 54 miles

After waking before 6 am to a calm morning at the farmhouse Cyndy went to unzip the tent and snap, the top pole cracked!  Good that we only have one more overnight on the road before our return to Denver for Cyndy’s flight back to Sacramento.    Looks like a trip to REI en route to

09 bike tour

Day 26 – Leoti to Bazine, KS -94 miles

Today we finally met East bound riders!  Marcus, from Chicago just graduated from college in Denver, joined us for the days’ travels.   We had a bit of a head wind so the company helped the miles click away. He joined us for the entire day’s agenda including breakfast in Scott City, the impromptu grocery store

09 bike tour

Day 25 – Haswell, CO to Leoti, KS – 101 miles

Up and out fairly early this morning then stopped by the gas station/grocery store to scrounge whatever we could.  This place was owned by the guy that stopped by last night so the boy, Blake, came shooting out on his little bike when he saw us.  He went about entertaining us with bike tricks, riding

09 bike tour

Day 24 – Pueblo to Haswell, CO – 91 miles

After a very relaxing day off in Pueblo and at the Abriendo Inn we had to get moving again and that we did, but not before another tasty breakfast courtesy of Pamela.  She also sent us off with goodie bag of GORP complete with dark chocolate M&M’s and craisons.  Of course enjoyed chatting with the

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