Rode 73 mi, total 2038. West of cassoday I saw two birds--they looked like hawks of some sort--doing a mating routine when, suddenly, one of them broke off to dive bomb me. This animal stayed just behind my helmet, screeching, and aseveral times dove to within inches of my helmet. After five minutes he left me alone--he may have been angry about the hundreds of roadkill birds I've seen on this trip.
I met in cassoday a 75 y-o man, retired wichita fire chief and he talked and talked, mostly about his grief over his parkinsons diagnosis and loss of his excellent health. We had a bbq lunch together then he rode (on his bike) with me the next 20 miles. I enjoyed him (named don foster). An hour later I met a 52 y-o man traveling on his bike from town to town looking for work...he told me he thinks "obama doesn't like this country".
I had dinner with a couple from san diego doing the cross country ride who can't agree when to get up each morning (she wants to sleep late).
I'm astonished, riding through these hollowed out kansas towns, to see the stately, turn-of-the-century architecture that remains in old bank buildings, churches, courthouses, and hotels. In the more prosperous parts of the country structures like those would have demolished long ago.
I met in cassoday a 75 y-o man, retired wichita fire chief and he talked and talked, mostly about his grief over his parkinsons diagnosis and loss of his excellent health. We had a bbq lunch together then he rode (on his bike) with me the next 20 miles. I enjoyed him (named don foster). An hour later I met a 52 y-o man traveling on his bike from town to town looking for work...he told me he thinks "obama doesn't like this country".
I had dinner with a couple from san diego doing the cross country ride who can't agree when to get up each morning (she wants to sleep late).
I'm astonished, riding through these hollowed out kansas towns, to see the stately, turn-of-the-century architecture that remains in old bank buildings, churches, courthouses, and hotels. In the more prosperous parts of the country structures like those would have demolished long ago.
(image of Eureka, KS courtesy of bike4sudan.com)
Continue to hold you in my prayers, hoping you continue to find what you are seaching for. b
ReplyDeleteFrightening bird story! I thought you were going to have worry about the drivers, not the flyers.
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