We left our mini-hostel, which we shared with Bill, (free for cyclists and air-conditioned) early to get breakfast at Casey’s in Chester because they open early and the coffee is actually good. 😊 We had a choice to either take the inland route or go down to the Mississippi and follow it for several kilometres…
118.25 Km. 1,636m ascent. 6h28 ride time New elevation gain record today 👏🏻 Today went pear shaped! I had booked a motel, supposedly in Lesterville, but Google tricked me into a ‘near-by’ motel which was not far away by car but 33 km all the same and 500m ascent on top of our 83km and…
68.30km. 692m ascent. 3h17 ride time I forgot to mention that we caught up with a TransAmerica Race rider yesterday on one of the longer hills 😱 To bring things into perspective: he started 05/06/2022 (we started 02/05/2022) and he had been riding all night that day, so it’s not because we are super fast,…
104.35km. 1,034m ascent. 4h49 ride time Following a not so great night’s sleep in the North Park at Marshfield due to the everlasting heat, we set off early to beat the heat agin. Wonderfully cool so early and a side to tail wind made today’s ride really enjoyable, even though it was up near 40C…
Chanute to Pittsburg. 95.70km. 336m ascent. 4h19 ride time As the heatwave continues we are also continuing to start at dawn After a great evening and good rest at our Warmshowers host Rick Bushnell’s home with diner and breakfast included we were ready for another hot and humid day Flat again but with more trees…
Ness City to Lyons. 152.68km. 971m ascent. 6h40 ride time We had hoped the SSW wind would help us today, especially as it was very strong. More than 46km/h with gusts up to 60km/h 💨💨 This wasn’t really the case, it just made progress difficult. At least we had the wind upstream of the trucks…
Darby to Wisdom. 93km 1,192m ascent Today we left our Warmshowers host Curtis to go over the Chief Joseph pass. Our highest pass so far at 2,216m The first 2 hours were gentle climbing to Sula where we had a last coffee (also the last chance to top up on water and food before Wisdom)…