Start location: Ash Grove
Start State: Missouri
Start weather: Warm
Total millage so far: 1670.07
Finish time: 12.59
Finish location: Pitsburg
Finish State: Kansas
Finish weather: Hot
Miles today: 71.29
Total millage so far: 1741.36
Today's top speed: 37.6
Today's average speed: 17.2
Music played:
Mr. Mister - The Best Of
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Nick Heyward & Haircut One Hundred - The Very Best of
Nik Kershaw - The Essential Nik Kershaw
Blog:
Here we are in Kansas!! I didn’t manage to find any red slippers or
flying monkeys to use for my photo at the State line, still, I have made it to
State number 5! As I ride I see things
and try and remember so I can put them in the blog. I keep forgetting about a lot of things. Its hard to make notes while on the go, but
am trying my best. I have been trying to
add this one thing for ages, but keep forgetting. Earlier on the year I read such a great
book, The Man Who Fell To Earth. Totally
amazing and everyone should read it.
Must check this bit, but the book started in Kentucky, I cant remember
where exactly, but you know when you read your imagination creates the scenery
for what your reading. There was this
one place I cycled through which so looked like where he landed and one of the
sign posts even had his name, Newton, on one of them. Total coincidence I guess, but it made me
sit up and smile all the Same.
On to today then. (now writing this a day late, so not sure
what I will remember to put in). Going
on my brief notes I have began to keep on my iPhone, we cycled through Everton, but no sign of
Goodison Park though. Later on there was
a plane flying overhead dusting the fields.
The roads are very long and straight, with the fields flat. I got to one crossroad with the plane humming
in the background, I was hoping for a Cary Grant moment from North by
Northwest, but it didn’t happen. Maybe I
have wait till I get further in Kansas where it is more dusty. So even before we got into the new State,
there was some really bad road surfaces which I thought would make my fillings
fall out and my bike fall to pieces.
Luckily the quality changed before this happen as we got to the John
Deer showroom with the biggest tractors you have ever seen! We ate at Golden City at the pie shop, as
recommended by many other bloggers. I
had no room for any pie, but I did manage one of their breakfasts! Lovely.
Another great old towns with lots of old shop frontages. The
roads were amazing after this and we whizzed along with a great tailwind. Got some really good average speeds.
There were a couple of really cute dogs who
wanted to come out and play, just after Everton, but I had no time to stop. I don’t think they were the normal crazy
barking dogs either. Back at camp, we
had showers again at the local pool.
After cooking, I went over to watch more baseball with Ubald. This was free to get in too!!! The kids playing were aged around 13-15yrs old. Great game, we chatted with the locals and
had a fab night. When we walked back to
camp, there were a group of lads, who earlier were standing on the back of
their trucks watching the free game.
Ubald went to take their picture and they got a bit crazy about it,
jokingly I think. Once they found out we
were from Europe, me from London, that was it, we were best mates!! We yapped about everything from cars to work,
sport to music. It was great, could have
stayed all night talking. We let off fireworks,
maybe they should have taken me up on my offer of a booze-run. Anyway, it was one of the most fun nights in
a long time!! Thank God!
That reminds me of the night before in the
other town, just before going to bed, kids were letting off 4th July
fireworks early and loads of fireflys were dancing around the grass and trees,
it was amazing!! Just like something out
of a film. So happy to have experienced
that.
Leaving town early
Everton!
The Shaved Beaver hey!?
What roads - again! cyclists dream
Golden City
Hmmm tough day with the maps, how can I get lost on a straight line?!
Englander's!
State number 5!!
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