I am super thrilled that you are soon to finish biking through Kansas ….demanding rides day after day ……it’s exhausting to hear about let alone actually ride 😳
Soooooo long Kansas it’s been real 😅😅😅

Kansas has been a real struggle for you. It looks like you might make it to Missouri by night fall??

Let’s hear it for the crack cookies 😜

Thanks Alex for taking care of my e ❤️

You have some time before you hit eastern Kentucky, the roads may very well be open for travel by then. Eastern Kansas is interesting and a little different than western Kansas, and you don't want to miss the roller coaster ride through the Missouri Ozarks. Riding the Ozarks will help prepare you for the Appalachians of Eastern Kentucky and Virginia. I think your plan to stay the course is a good one, assuming that your course is the Transam route. Some very interesting topography lays ahead of you, you don't want to miss it.

I'd be happy to make the routes that I laid out on Ride With GPS public, so you can consider them. In summary they were:

Looping south and east from the KC Kansas suburbs to pick up the Katy Trail across Missouri, then
a short stretch on Great Rivers South, connecting to
TransAm across southern Illinois, linking up with
Underground Railroad hedgehopping back and forth across the Ohio River in western Kentucky and southern Indiana, to
bushwhack through central and eastern Ohio,
picking up the Chicago to NYC route toward Pittsburgh, and finally
GAP + C&O Canal to get to my place outside DC.

Depending on timing I could perhaps shuttle you to a destination somewhere between Yorktown and North Carolina.

Your tent and bike look so “small” in front of the school. That is really cool they bought that school. What the heck are they going to do with all the classrooms?

Omg you are a beast Ian 😉
93 miles and some of it during the hottest time of the day …..reached 100 🥵🥵🥵…..I’m so glad we found David and Krista because each town we passed through was worse than depressing 😧……closed down stores ….limited hours …..even the one coffee shop / cafe owner in Ness city told us to move on 😕.
17 children from around the world over 27 years ……now that’s a whole lotta loving ❤️ I wonder if little Lucas slept in the tent with ya 😂😂
Sleep well love and remember
Sunscreen and eat whenever there is any sort of food near by 😉
Love you 😘😘

Thanks for sharing Bill. Learning new things every day

Ian

A very lucky guy and Mrs G is definitely a keeper. Sorry your going solo but so glad you had Dan as a riding partner as long as you did.

Female box turtle (males have red/orange eyes).

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Loved watching old faithful go off such a beautiful place.

Ding, ding, ding…extra bonus points for Jim!

So happy that you had wonderful family time! Love reading your blogs.
Stay safe, enjoy the adventure and thanks for sharing it with us.
Oh, and Bruce would be pleased that you quoted lyrics from his 4th of July, Asbury Park memories with Sandy.

Long friggin day 😉

After a nice break day with family, this day was something else: I don't know exactly what LFD is in your vocabulary, but who hah! 112 miles in wind, no towns until Eads, CO. Check off another state!