7.18.2006
Day 28 - 97.39 Miles
Looks Like We're Not in the 21st Century Anymore, Toto
Larned, KS
Another early morning helped us beat some of the heat and wind that typically increase dramatically in the afternoon. After posting to the blog from Nickerson, however, we knew we were in for a 57 mile stretch of road with no services - no water, no food, no AC, and for the most part, not even any shade. Almost 50 of those miles were on a completely straight road - literally no turns at all, just one big landing strip in the middle of one big corn field. We filled our bottles with ice water and strapped on an extra half-gallon of Gatorade to our bikes to make the journey. When we finally reached Larned - a town that brought us back to the 1860's with it's unnecessarily wide red brick avenues, boxy stone bank, and ghostly empty shops - we were somewhat relieved. Some parts of town were much more up to date, though, like the concrete walled municipal swimming pool with unpainted, wooden lifeguards stand and the Beatles greatest hits blaring out of cone-shaped speakers.
Larned, KS
Another early morning helped us beat some of the heat and wind that typically increase dramatically in the afternoon. After posting to the blog from Nickerson, however, we knew we were in for a 57 mile stretch of road with no services - no water, no food, no AC, and for the most part, not even any shade. Almost 50 of those miles were on a completely straight road - literally no turns at all, just one big landing strip in the middle of one big corn field. We filled our bottles with ice water and strapped on an extra half-gallon of Gatorade to our bikes to make the journey. When we finally reached Larned - a town that brought us back to the 1860's with it's unnecessarily wide red brick avenues, boxy stone bank, and ghostly empty shops - we were somewhat relieved. Some parts of town were much more up to date, though, like the concrete walled municipal swimming pool with unpainted, wooden lifeguards stand and the Beatles greatest hits blaring out of cone-shaped speakers.
