Pedal for Peace 2008

Wow!!!!

2,300 miles came up quick!  Pete and I are writing to you from the wonderfully air conditioned confines of the Golden City, Missouri public library!  We really don’t know what else to say other than we’re half way and we’re feeling great!  The past couple days has had us riding some serious hourage on the saddle, but it’s paid off as we hit the 2,300 mile mark yesterday on day 28–several days ahead of schedule!  If this pace keeps up, we’ll be home a week early!  (Yay!)

That’s not to say that we are not having an amazing time and meeting the greatest people on the planet every single day, it’s just that with the scenery so, well, flat… and the sun beating down, there really isin’t too much exciting to see; might as well pedal then!

Yup, they weren’t lying when they said Kansas was FLAT!  (At least the Western half is!)

Quick run-down of the past couple days:

Tuesday: 105 miles (Jenn showed up in Scott City!!!!!!)

Wednesday: 0 miles (Day off in Scott City!!!!)

Thursday: 142 miles (Riding until 11pm w/ headlamps!!)

Proof!!!

Friday: 94 miles (Feeling hung-over from the 142 mile pedal-fest)

Saturday: 94 miles (Pouring, pouring rain!!)

Sunday: 105 miles (2,300 miles, done with map #6, new State (MO), and HALF WAY!!!)

We made some great time through Kansas, even with some headwinds and adverse weather conditions–that rain was something FIERCE!  (And there is nothing quite like riding down the highway and getting BLASTED by pig feces from the spray thrown up by the cattle trucks driving by the other way!!!!  Delicious!!)

Pete and I are loving MO right now, it’s been a great morning and we’re looking to get to Colgan’s by July 25th–very doable, and then we’ll have another well-deserved rest.

That’s all for now, Pete and I are off to pedal some bikes!!

(Mom, I’m 1/2 way home!!!!)

Believe it or not, this is not the biggest thing we’ve seen hauled down KS roads!

Here’s a picture of Pete and I with the best family we’ve met on the trip!  As the father said when we rolled up: “We’re the biggest group of red-neck SOBs you’ve ever met!”

Thanks so much for the water and the stories, guys!

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