The bicycling crew has had two ~90 mile days in a row now. Lots of straight Kansas roads. Last night was spent in Rush Center, a tiny town with only 170 people and no gas station to get food at. Dan had some wheel trouble and decided to take it apart, only to lose some ball bearings from it. He got in late last night after fixing it. Tonight the crew is in Scott City, KS. The town is bigger and pretty close to the Colorado border. They should get into Colorado tomorrow or the day after and hopefully arrive in Denver on the 4th, in time to stay at my mom's house and see some fireworks!
Today Michael saw a dust devil with birds riding the thermal above it. They had a pretty good crosswind so he could watch as the dust devil and birds moved relative to the earth's surface. Cool! They also had lots of trucks passing by today and one blew out a tyre right beside Michael. He was not hurt or anything, but I imagine it was quite a shock! Combines for harvesting also were a common sight and a bit scary to pass by on the road.
In Nickerson, KS, about three nights back, the group ran into a group of 5 other guys who are also going west on the TransAmerica route. They spent last night and tonight together as well and Michael rode 33 miles with them today. Different company and riding styles must have been an interesting spice.
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