28 June 2012 Sterling to Larned KS 54 miles (TransAm 1,905) We run a G-rated website (okay, maybe PG, as sometimes a few choice words slip into the prose) so I am not convinced that talking about four grown women showering together is suitable material for the blog. Some of you out there, and I …
27 June 2012 Sterling KS 0 miles (TransAm 1,851) Dear Mom, Do not look at the photos in this blog. What you don’t want to see isn’t real, but you probably still don’t want to see it. Love, Dena This is the letter I need to email my Mom before she reads this blog. You …
26 June 2012 Newton to Sterling KS 57 miles (TransAm 1,851) I’ve been asked how it is that I’m blogging a trip I’m not on and the answer is that I get a lot of help from the person who IS on it. To put it in Kansas-rooted terms, as that seems a timely thing …
25 June 2012 Eureka to Newton KS 76 miles (TransAm 1,794) We knew before Gina started her trip that cycling across Kansas would take resolve. Resolve to ride endless miles with nary a corner to turn. Resolve to cycle beneath an intensely burning sun. Resolve to battle forward through likely headwinds. Resolve to take it …
24 June 2012 Chanute to Eureka KS 63 miles (TransAm 1,718) As noted in the Wagon Haiku two days ago, Gina crossed into Kansas, the fifth state on her ten state tour. If you drew a line straight west from where she’s currently located in this Sunflower State, it would appear as though she’s halfway …
23 June 2012 Pittsburg to Chanute KS 60 miles (TransAm 1,655) I am walking down a neighborhood street that I don’t normally frequent. It’s nice to see some new scenery but actually, I’m not really seeing any of it. The intensity of the rain and wind are propelling my chin into my chest and my …
22 June 2012 Ash Grove MO to Pittsburg KS 71 miles (TransAm 1,595) Wagon Haiku flat and fast Kansas pie fuels feet by fields and farms sweat meet laundromat
21 June 2012 Marshfield to Ash Grove MO 49 miles (TransAm 1,524) Rather than fall hopelessly behind on the blog, as I am on the brink of doing, I’ve devised a method for catching up. It’s called Haiku. Three short lines, seventeen syllables in all: five, seven, five. Brilliant. And a re-usable strategy, for, like …
20 June 2012 Houston to Marshfield MO 65 miles (TransAm 1,475) What are the odds this lady is downloading the Quitter app? Another day in Missouri, another cafe with indoor smoking. But this photo does not depict the highlight of the day. There was much better indoor scenery to be had in Springfield, where, after …
19 June 2012 Eminence to Houston MO 46 miles (TransAm 1,410) Gina keeps telling me how much the Ozarks look like Australia. On the surface that statement sounds like it might be an indication that all of the hours and days and weeks of pedaling under the blistering sun are finally going to her head. …