The day started hot. We are in a heat wave with high humidity. We rode in three states today. Beginning in Oklahoma, riding through a corner of Kansas and into Missouri. Kansas may have the smallest claim to 66 but it is some of the most interesting. So far, Missouri has been the biggest mix of friendly and not. At one intersection we had a pick up truck towing a trailer cut us off at a stop sign and then had the driver get out and ask us what our problem was. The very next moment had another driver stopping traffic to let us cross. Hopefully we get more friendly than not as we go. Drivers sometimes forget how vulnerable a bike is or how miserable it can be at 100 degrees and 90 percent humidity. We don't have air conditioning in the saddle. It was a particularly hard day and we would sit out the heat if we could but we need to keep moving. Unfortunately we're on a stretch now with few waystations between destinations. That makes it even harder. We might make a course correction at Springfield for a more direct route. In the meantime, on we go.
SO PROUD TO KNOW YOU!!'
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that i had the chance to have met you and talk to you three last night, I think it's awesome what you are doing and i commend you for it. Kirk, Chandler and Lauren, I pray for health and safe travels and no mechanical problems all the way to New York.
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