Cross Country Recumbent

Monday August 18, 2003. Eads CO to Scott City KS

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Start time
7:35 am mountain time
End time
5:00 pm central time
Miles
107.9
Time rolling
6:39
Average speed
16.2
Odometer 2280

I can see why its called the great plains.  The horizon is a long way away.   I mean really far.  I mean so far that when you see a water tower on the horizon, you can look up half an hour later and you haven't passed it yet.  Yesterday's light tailwind slunk around during the night and became an annoying North East wind.  Other than that the day was basically a repeat of yesterday.

About 40 miles into the ride I caught up to Steve and Laura, a couple riding Eastbound.   They had started in San Francisco, riding the Western express route until it joined the TA at Pueblo.  They actually did the same ride that I did the day before, even staying at the same place.  We agreed to meet for lunch in Tribune, and then I rode on crossing into Kansas.


I didn't see them in Tribune so I kept going.  Just a little out of town I had a flat on the front tire.  I found several thorns sticking through it and decided that it is finally time to put that spare on that I'd been carrying since Missoula.  While fixing the flat Steve and Laura caught up to me.  We rode together for about 40 minutes but the recumbent really shows its strength when bucking a headwind, and eventually I outdistancd them.

I was thinking about going further than Scott City, but there is a nice hostel here so I called it good.

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