From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Day 24 Recap; Kansas City Royal(s) treatment

June 30, 2010

Our rest day in KC was a huge success. After a great night’s sleep at the Daniels home, we were more than happy to wake up and not have to immediately climb on our bicycles for the next 12 hours. Jan cooked up a great breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast first thing in the [...]

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Day 23 Recap; Halfway point & rest

June 29, 2010

Due to weight concerns, we chose not to pack the old Texas Instrument calculators from our West Point math class days, so we’re not sure if we’ve traveled half the miles we need to, but now that we’ve reached Kansas City, Missouri, one look at a map assures us that we’ve pretty much made it [...]

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Day 22 Recap; Tebbetts Community Barbecue

June 28, 2010

After eating half a dozen or so breakfast sandwiches at a small market in McKittrick, MO we continued down the Katy Trail towards Kansas City. We were promptly met by thunderstorm number one for the day. The pelting rain was actually a nice distraction from the stifling Midwest heat and humidity. After the storm let [...]

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Day 21 Recap; More rails to trails

June 27, 2010

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT or “Katy”) Railroad was built in the late nineteenth century and was the lifeline connecting the wild west with the east coast. In the late 1980′s, the rail west out of St. Louis was decommissioned, and in its place across Missouri now sits the Katy Trail, our latest find in the national [...]

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