Day 33: We're not in Kansas anymore

89.5 miles. Averaged 13.2 mph. A very eventful and accomplishing day. Last night, as we were sitting in McDonald's pondering Sonic shakes, a kind stranger came up and asked which way we were headed. We told him towards Girard, KS and he mentions that our road is closed. He also said he saw another biker trying to pedal through the dirt road and suggested against it. So quickly we decided on an alternate route which seemed to not be a problem at the time. However, about 6 miles into our ride today we encountered a different gravel road. Since turning back around is an irrelevant question, we pushed ahead with courage, heart, and not much brain. It was a bumpy ride on the not so yellow dirt road, but somehow we made it through. We made a pit stop in Pittsburg, KS. Shipped home our cold weather gear. We weighed a trailer with everything in it and found it to be 58.3 lbs. Yikes. We also shipped to Brooks his footies and bicycle pants he lent us. Thanks for letting us use them dude! Sorry you couldn't make it down to Pueblo last weekend. I guess we're just rolling too fast! Tim had some administrative work to do at the library. While Michael finally bought a Gator Skin for his rear tire. We should be all set now. Our final stop for the day was Golden City, MO. We've crossed off another state and another map. Only four more states and maps to go! Can't say we'll be missing much about Kansas, no offense to anyone. The wind didn't agree with us all that much. You could probably say it wasn't a fan either. Also, there were a lot of closed roads. We ran into a second closed road today and decided to push through again. Good decision. Luckily, the bridge over the highway wasn't out. We'd like to thank all of the gracious people we met today. The girls at the UPS store, the librarians, Tailwind Cyclists, and great people at Cooky's. It was great talking with all of you! Shout out to our friend and past roomate Peter Christmas who is moving to Portland today. Good luck at business school and tear it up out there dude!

The show me state?

Yea, let's keep going

Best pies

Three pies for each of us, except chocolate's already gone