Over the day, the cornfields, wheat, grain silo's and trees seemed to disappear to be replaced by endless paddocks and cattle and the hills returned. They call this area the Flinthills of Kansas which is probably a clue. The temperature didn't abate but the wind at least calmed down to a light gale and so we gave the day a 7.5. Tomorrow another big one ....
This was a 120km day without Andrea who has abandoned us. With Trish driving for the first half, too much testosterone was on the road and the pace picked up to breaking point. The third dummy spit by the phys-eder calmed things down as we slowed to a cruise into our lunch spot at Cassoday. We again met a number of the Trans Am racers, specifically Adam (USA) and Alec (French). Do you know him Claude? He is from your country. The highlight for Trish was racing passed them on the road. The fact that they planned to do another 120km before stopping didn't matter. Over the day, the cornfields, wheat, grain silo's and trees seemed to disappear to be replaced by endless paddocks and cattle and the hills returned. They call this area the Flinthills of Kansas which is probably a clue. The temperature didn't abate but the wind at least calmed down to a light gale and so we gave the day a 7.5. Tomorrow another big one ....
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Brenton
24/6/2015 10:54:56 am
While you are in Kansas I'll refer to Mal and Mark as Dorothy and Toto if that's OK. Rod can be the Tin Man. Then again, Mal would also be good for the straw man, or the lion. Choices, choices. Dorothy it is. I've always thought of Mark as a Cairn Terrier.
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Ron
24/6/2015 09:20:31 pm
These long, hot, windy days are wearing me out! I hope that it cools but no storms! I'm really excited to rejoin. Love the "Grass Desert". We watched a bunch of the RAAM riders depart from Oceanside this last weekend on our Saturday morning coast ride. They are animals!
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Lachy
25/6/2015 06:30:14 am
Those tans...
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