7/8/18 Stats: Distance: 75.24 mi Average Speed: 11.0 mph; Max Speed: 39.6 mph Elevation Gain: 3,353 ft Average Temp: 83.9 F; Temp Range: 55.4-109.4 F Story: The fireworks last night were every bit as loud as I expected. However that…
Day 47: Eminence, MO to Kyle’s Campground (1 mile west of Reynolds/Iron County Line), MO
7/7/18 Stats: Distance: 58.24 Average Speed: 10.0 mph; Max Speed: 37.8 mph Elevation Gain: 4,610 ft Average Temp: 80.8 F; Temp Range: 57.2-96.8 F Story: The temperature today was supposed to top out in the 80s, a welcome change from…
Day 46: Hartville, MO to Eminence, MO
7/6/18 Stats: Distance: 80.36 mi Average Speed: 11.9 mph; Max Speed: 44.1 mph Elevation Gain: 3,658 ft Average Temp: 82.0 F; Temp Range” 66.2 F-105.8 F Story: I slept very well last night and, for a pleasant change, woke up…
Day 45: Fair Grove, MO to Hartville, MO
7/5/18 Stats: Distance: 41.89 mi Average Speed: 11.5 mph; Max Speed: 32.6 mph Elevation gain: 1,670 ft Average Temp: 89.2 F; Temp Range: 71.6-102.2 F Story: I planned to start today the way I have the last few days, by…
Day 44: Golden City, MO to Fair Grove, MO
7/4/18 Stats: Distance: 67.50 Average Speed: 10.3 mph; Max Speed: 39.3 mph Elevation gain: 3,347 ft Average Temp: 83.9 F; Temp Range: 66.2-105.8 F Story: Happy Independence Day! There is a certain amount of pleasure to be derived from riding…
Day 43: Chanute, KS to Golden City, MO
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…