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Bikecentennial - Summer 1976
Kansas
July 30 |
Last night we stayed in Tribune. I'm glad we did because the people were real nice. We met Sy Higgens "the friendliest man in Kansas" outside the grocery store. He later took Cindy for a drive down main street in a pink convertible [to get] an ice cream sundae....I got a tour of the Tribune printing house.... |
| July 31 Scott City |
We've only come 100 miles in the past two days. First the heat killed us and today the wind, 20 miles per hour out of the east, stopped us after 44 miles. |
| August 2 Hoisington |
... It's one of the ironies of life that I can't make over 50 miles [a day] in Kansas when I was making 100 miles in the mountains....It's weird how I'm getting used to one set of clothes, the same cooking pot and spoon, the same shoes...I'm really into a routine. When I'm back at school I may go into a minor shock. I'll suddenly have so many choices whereas out here I'm limited to what I can carry on my bike. |
August 3 |
I woke up at 2am today. I got up at 2:30 and hit the road before 3:30. I'm now 30-40 miles down the road. The stars were fantastic this morning. I passed a lot of oil wells and a refinery before the sun came up....I made Linsborg by 10am....It's a very German-oriented town right down to the accent....The man at the [Hope] Post Office told me about [Herington] lake....I think I'll have a pleasant evening. Lawrence tomorrow! |
August 4 |
... The day could be described as a real burn-out. The last fifty miles or so got extremely hilly. Kansas ain't flat!...When I got here I just caught Byron on the way out to dinner....[We] split the largest vegetarian pizza they had. We went "partying" afterward, then came back here and ate ice cream before bed. |
August 7 |
...stopped at 6069.6... oh well... |
| Until this point I had measured mileage with a mechanical "ticker" on my front wheel. It read 2986.1 on the first day of the trip so I had traveled approximately 3083.5 miles by the time it quit. | |
Copyright 1976 & 2002 by Richard Rathe |
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