7/3/18 Stats: Distance: 91.3 mi Average Speed: 11.9 mph; Max Speed: 26.9 mph Elevation Gain: 1,545 ft Average Temp: 88.4 F; Temp Range: 68.0-113.0 F Story: I am not a morning person, I want to be absolutely clear about that.…
Day 42: Eureka, KS to Chanute, KS
7/3/18 Stats: Distance: 63.74 mi Average Speed: 10.6 mph; Max Speed: 32.6 mph Elevation Gain: 1,246 ft Average Temp: 91.2 F; Temp Range: 68.0-109.4 F Story: I slept soundly last night, for sleeping in a tent, which is to say…
Day 41: Newton, KS to Eureka, KS
7/1/18 Stats: Distance: 74.77 Average Speed: 12.1 mph; Max Speed: 23.8 mph Elevation Gain: 1,054 ft Average Temp: 79.5 F; Temp Range: 68.0-95.0 F Story: Last evening it rained. Hard. And not just once but several times again through the…
Day 40: Nickerson, KS to Newton, KS
6/30/18 Stats: Distance: 49.01 mi Average Speed: 11.0 mph; Max speed: 17.6 mph Elevation Gain: 408 ft Average Temp: 81.3 F; Temp range: 71.6-104.0 F Story: I did not fall asleep easily yesterday, perhaps because of a lingering concern over…
Day 39: Larned (sort of), KS to Nickerson, KS
6/29/18 Stats: Distance: 74.27 mi Average Speed: 11.3 mph; Max Speed: 21.5 mph Elevation gain: 210 ft Average Temp: 90.7 F; Temp Range: 68.0-105.8 F Story: Despite it being every bit as hot and windy as it was yesterday, today…
Day 38: Dighton, KS to Larned, KS (sorta…)
6/28/18 Stats: Distance: 80.62 mi Average Speed: unavailable; Max Speed: 22.25 mph Elevation Gain: 527 ft Average Temp: unavailable Summary: Today I made a mistake. A fairly big one. It all worked out okay in the end, but it might…
Day 37: Tribune, KS to Dighton, KS
6/27/18 Stats: Distance: 70.83 Average Speed: 15.1 mph; Max Speed:22.4 mph Elevation Gain: 121 ft Average Temp: 84.9 F; Temp Range: 57.2-118.5 F Story: It was still hot when I went to sleep last night, stretched out on my sleeping…
Day 36: Haswell, CO to Tribune, KS
6/26/18 Stats: Distance: 80.02 Average Speed: 15.4 mph; Max Speed: 26.7 mph Elevation Gain: 333 ft Average Temp: 93.7 F; Temp Range: 64.4-113.0 F Story: Hot. Dry and hot and sunny and hot. That was my day. I woke up…