July 16, 2016
We set our tents up in a gazebo because they were predicting storms again. It never rained however there were trains going by every 10 minutes or so. They were Extremely Loud and none of us slept very well. This was a primitive City Park. Once again there are excessive heat warnings. We saw herds of wild Mustangs which was really cool. Leah was still taking pictures and Bob and I started riding. We saw another cyclist coming towards us and all of a sudden a dog came out and started chasing him. He had a slight uphill and by the time he got to us he was exhausted. His name was Matthew and he was from France. He said his adrenaline was really pumping. We waited on Leah and talked a little more and then proceeded on. Leah had her air horn out and ready for the dog. We really should video tape this sometime because dogs do somersaults trying to stop when they hear the air horn. Matthew had given us card for a lady that takes in cyclists and she is not listed on warm showers. Warm showers is a network of people who host cyclist all over the world . We got into Eureka, Kansas and found a Sonic for dinner. Then we went to the city park to set up our tents. They had showers there however they were cold but we didn't mind because we were sooo hot. We met Nate, who is a 19 year old cycling alone. His arms had scabs all over and we asked him what happened. While he was on the descent after Ute pass, a bolt came out of his front rack and sent him flying over the handlebars going 35 mph. A little bit later Joe came in on his bike. We had met him at Newton and stayed with him. Both Nate and Joe had started out the trip riding with a friend and both of their friends have dropped out. A week ago in Eureka, a tornado had gone through and damaged 100 homes. We had heard other cyclist talking about it. It was a hot and humid night to be sleeping in a tent. We went 35 miles
We set our tents up in a gazebo because they were predicting storms again. It never rained however there were trains going by every 10 minutes or so. They were Extremely Loud and none of us slept very well. This was a primitive City Park. Once again there are excessive heat warnings. We saw herds of wild Mustangs which was really cool. Leah was still taking pictures and Bob and I started riding. We saw another cyclist coming towards us and all of a sudden a dog came out and started chasing him. He had a slight uphill and by the time he got to us he was exhausted. His name was Matthew and he was from France. He said his adrenaline was really pumping. We waited on Leah and talked a little more and then proceeded on. Leah had her air horn out and ready for the dog. We really should video tape this sometime because dogs do somersaults trying to stop when they hear the air horn. Matthew had given us card for a lady that takes in cyclists and she is not listed on warm showers. Warm showers is a network of people who host cyclist all over the world . We got into Eureka, Kansas and found a Sonic for dinner. Then we went to the city park to set up our tents. They had showers there however they were cold but we didn't mind because we were sooo hot. We met Nate, who is a 19 year old cycling alone. His arms had scabs all over and we asked him what happened. While he was on the descent after Ute pass, a bolt came out of his front rack and sent him flying over the handlebars going 35 mph. A little bit later Joe came in on his bike. We had met him at Newton and stayed with him. Both Nate and Joe had started out the trip riding with a friend and both of their friends have dropped out. A week ago in Eureka, a tornado had gone through and damaged 100 homes. We had heard other cyclist talking about it. It was a hot and humid night to be sleeping in a tent. We went 35 miles