01 July 2012 Leoti KS to Eads CO 80 miles (TransAm 2,130) Some days out on the bicycle are best summarized by their highs and lows, of which Gina sent me her list for the day (followed by my own commentary, of course). Let’s start with the lowlights so we can end on a high …
30 June 2012 Ness City to Leoti KS 81 miles (TransBallard 2,050) Phone Conversation: Gina: The nice thing about staying in the churches is that you have even more space to spread out individually as well as to hang out as a group than in the motel rooms. Dena: Yeah, I guess it’s like you’re …
29 June 2012 Larned to Ness City KS 64 miles (TransAm 1,969) According to Gina, besides trying to get cows to moo back at you, there is really only one other thing to do to entertain yourself when you are cycling 305 miles on a straight stretch of road through western Kansas: practice your wave. …
28 June 2012 Sterling to Larned KS 54 miles (TransAm 1,905) We run a G-rated website (okay, maybe PG, as sometimes a few choice words slip into the prose) so I am not convinced that talking about four grown women showering together is suitable material for the blog. Some of you out there, and I …
27 June 2012 Sterling KS 0 miles (TransAm 1,851) Dear Mom, Do not look at the photos in this blog. What you don’t want to see isn’t real, but you probably still don’t want to see it. Love, Dena This is the letter I need to email my Mom before she reads this blog. You …
26 June 2012 Newton to Sterling KS 57 miles (TransAm 1,851) I’ve been asked how it is that I’m blogging a trip I’m not on and the answer is that I get a lot of help from the person who IS on it. To put it in Kansas-rooted terms, as that seems a timely thing …
25 June 2012 Eureka to Newton KS 76 miles (TransAm 1,794) We knew before Gina started her trip that cycling across Kansas would take resolve. Resolve to ride endless miles with nary a corner to turn. Resolve to cycle beneath an intensely burning sun. Resolve to battle forward through likely headwinds. Resolve to take it …
24 June 2012 Chanute to Eureka KS 63 miles (TransAm 1,718) As noted in the Wagon Haiku two days ago, Gina crossed into Kansas, the fifth state on her ten state tour. If you drew a line straight west from where she’s currently located in this Sunflower State, it would appear as though she’s halfway …
23 June 2012 Pittsburg to Chanute KS 60 miles (TransAm 1,655) I am walking down a neighborhood street that I don’t normally frequent. It’s nice to see some new scenery but actually, I’m not really seeing any of it. The intensity of the rain and wind are propelling my chin into my chest and my …
22 June 2012 Ash Grove MO to Pittsburg KS 71 miles (TransAm 1,595) Wagon Haiku flat and fast Kansas pie fuels feet by fields and farms sweat meet laundromat