7.22.2006
Day 31 - 81.22 Miles
Cyclists Cross into Colorful Colorado
Haswell, COLORADO
We got up behind schedule and fought head winds all morning as a result. With some clever drafting techniques, however, we were able to up our average speed by several miles per hour. Although we had entered Colorado, there were no mountains in sight; eastern Colorado is just as flat - if not flatter - than most of Kansas. Still, we both found it more picturesque. When we saw another Kountry Kitchen Restaurant, which we assume is unaffiliated with the Kentucky kounter part "Kountry Kitchen Restaurant" that we had stopped in a while back (sight of the first "lunchtime conversation"), we were a little worried we were biking in kircles. We rolled into the city park of Haswell just in time to set up camp to watch several lightning storms surround us - definitely some of the most impressive lightning either of us had ever seen.
Theme song for the day: Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf, for the three mile stretch of road we took into Ordway that was newly paved, a novel experience for the day. Skiers, think freshly groomed snow.
Haswell, COLORADO
We got up behind schedule and fought head winds all morning as a result. With some clever drafting techniques, however, we were able to up our average speed by several miles per hour. Although we had entered Colorado, there were no mountains in sight; eastern Colorado is just as flat - if not flatter - than most of Kansas. Still, we both found it more picturesque. When we saw another Kountry Kitchen Restaurant, which we assume is unaffiliated with the Kentucky kounter part "Kountry Kitchen Restaurant" that we had stopped in a while back (sight of the first "lunchtime conversation"), we were a little worried we were biking in kircles. We rolled into the city park of Haswell just in time to set up camp to watch several lightning storms surround us - definitely some of the most impressive lightning either of us had ever seen.
Theme song for the day: Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf, for the three mile stretch of road we took into Ordway that was newly paved, a novel experience for the day. Skiers, think freshly groomed snow.
