The terrain has been flatter. The days have been hotter. The air: more humid. Tonight we camp in Eureka, Kansas, a small town east of Wichita.
Over this past weekend, Janice and I had the good fortune to meet and stay with my good friend Jake Belvin. Jake was driving to California. He detoured from his route and met us in Hutchinson, Kansas. (Although the town's name is Hutchinson, everyone we met called it Hutch.) We spent two nights and one day with Jake, resting and feasting, before we said goodbye and continued on our way.
Having Jake on tour with us was great, but Jake was not the first person to meet us on the road. Back when we were in Colorado, our friend Gabe drove down from Denver to meet us in Canon (pronounced Canyon) City.
Thanks Gabe, and thanks Jake. It was awesome to meet you guys on the road. And also thanks to Darin and Julie, who sheltered and fed us on a cold and rainy night back in Fairplay, Colorado.
Because some of you may be tuning in for the first time, and because we've been on the road for a while, now might be a good time for a tour review. 59 days ago, Janice and I started riding our bicycles down the coast of Oregon. We rode across Oregon and across Idaho and into Montana. We headed southeast through Montana, into Wyoming, and then into Colorado. After dropping out of the Rocky Mountains, we crossed eastern Colorado and then rode into Kansas. Distance covered so far: 2,616 miles.
After Kansas, we ride into Missouri. Then comes Illinois, Kentucky, and finally, Virginia. To see if our tour will be coming to a town near you, examine our route here.
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- Tour Update
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- Some Of The Places We've Camped
- Looks Like Rain
- Team Believe
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2 comments:
Jeff and Janice, hard to believe you've been on the road for 59 days! Enjoyed reading your update and talking with you the other evening. That was great to have Jake and Gabe visit with you!
When will you guys be going through Illinois? Do you go through Indiana at all? I am going to Chicago the first weekend of August, driving from Baltimore on August 2nd and then going home on the 6th. I know it's probably unlikely but it would be amazing to meet up with you guys along the way! Hope you're having an awesome time!
Courtney
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