Category Archives: Biking

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Day 26: Great Bend to McPherson

Today’s Highlights: It was another fantastic day of cycling. The morning ride was very peaceful. We left the hotel at 6:15 just as the sun was rising. The short ride through the city of Great Bend was quite, and the … Continue reading

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Day 25: Dodge City to Great Bend

Today’s Highlights: Today we cycled from Dodge City Kansas to Great Bend, the city named for the bend in the Arkansas River as it turns from a northeast flow to the southeast. We have followed the Arkansas since Salida Colorado, … Continue reading

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Day 24: Garden City to Dodge City

Today’s Highlights: Outside the hotel this morning, it was a comfortable 70 degrees, the higher humidity felt nice after being in the desert climate for days, and the sweet aroma of cow manure hung thick in the air. Ahhh, Kansas. … Continue reading

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Day 23: Lamar Colorado to Garden City Kansas

Today’s Highlights: We completed our second back-to-back century of our cross-country tour today. The first one was back in Utah entering Salt Lake City. After yesterday’s 120 miles, we cycled 103 today. We also left the great state of Colorado … Continue reading

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Day 22: Pueblo to Lamar

Today’s Highlights: I woke up this morning feeling very tired and a little ill. I guess that’s what a rest day can do to you. My enthusiasm to start today’s 120-mile ride (our longest of the tour) was not as … Continue reading

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Day 21: Pueblo Colorado

Today’s Highlights: After eight days of riding from Salt Lake, we had our second rest day of the trip. Since June 2, we covered 1460 miles and climbed over 53,000 feet. I spent 100 hours on the saddle and pedaled … Continue reading

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Day 20: Salida to Pueblo

Today’s Highlights: We had a very enjoyable 94-mile ride today. It was mostly downhill, dropping from 7000 feet to 4800. It included some great scenery. And everyone seemed to agree that the best thing of all was a very helpful … Continue reading

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Day 19: Gunnison to Salida

Today’s Highlights: We had a fabulous ride today, with great scenery, some very easy cruising, one very challenging climb to new heights, and ending with a great downhill. Herb and Rick joined us today for the sixty-four mile ride on … Continue reading

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Day 18: Montrose to Gunnison

Today’s Highlights: Today we had some of the best scenery since leaving the Sierra Nevada Mountains two weeks ago. We are in the heart of the Rocky Mountains and it is just beautiful. The price of admission for today’s visual … Continue reading

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Day 17: Fruita to Montrose

Today’s Highlights: Good old headwinds! It was very easy to fill our lungs with fresh Colorado air this morning, since we had a 20 mph wind directly in our faces. On the other hand, it was quite a challenge to … Continue reading

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