Lamar-Days Inn

... similar to many others that we have seen. The national park rangers in period costumes and acting as interpreters gave a fantastic tour.

After the tour we had a quick lunch in the coach and continued on to Lamar, Colorado. We arrived here in time to check into the RV park, unhitch the car, hook up, slide out and level, and hop into the car for the 50 mile drive to Sand Creek ...

... Judy one of the staff after I had a flat 10 miles into the ride. The landscape was vast expanses of farm lands quit a change from the rocky mountains. Tomorrow we will be in Kansas and another 100 mile plus day. Time to eat and then you guessed it early to bed and an early start to beat the afternoon storms.

... prone to exaggeration (hard to believe, I know), I do mean hundreds, maybe a thousand. They swarmed (do moths swarm?) as I drove off. I shoe'd a few stragglers away inside the van over the first few miles, and one continued to buzz me during the entire 370 mile drive to Black Canyon. I began to think of this one loner as a new pet. I named him "Spike".

... real '59 Chevy in one of the dining rooms. Big place. Great burger with a shake and fries with friendly service for cheap. Highly recommended. Wish they had some of these in Florida. Puts Johnny Rockets to shame. Started in rain and ended in a beating sun. Had to fashion a makeshift helmet visor out of duct tape and newspaper. Worked great. More later.

... the fort for 6 weeks while he was recovering from heat exhaustion and had carefully and accurately drawn a map of the fort complete with the dimensions of all the buildings, who occupied each building and what it was used for. So in the 1970's the national Park service had the whole place rebuilt in exactly the same spot with exactly the same materials and have recreated it for people to come and visit..It was ...

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We rose early with the prospect of motel waffles, not the 105 miles ahead, at the forefront of our minds. The morning flew past in a sugary blur thanks to the huge breakfast and our first tailwind on the plains; we were flying along. As warned, however, the lower we got in Kansas the more humid it became and we found the last 20 miles into Scott City especially exhausting. Camping ...

We left Pueblo and the Rockies behind us and set our eyes on a flat 115 miles due East. Lunch and a welcome refill of drinks was planned for a modest 55 miles into the day, given that temperatures were in the mid-90s. After, 80 miles with no food and just two small water bottles each, the cyclists began to feel just a little miffed, so decided to take to the shade and seek ...

... and the man (Mr Hoover) told us we were on the wrong road. He was brilliant and gave us a lift to the start of the right road. Phew! After 20miles(with 20 still to go) and 90+ degrees F of heat, strong wind and dust blowing, we were getting low on water. We came across road men and they kindly topped up our bottles. Phew! But guess what! 2 miles on ...

... the Sox were dropped by the rays 8-3 and 2) My BZW's stud Pat Burrell is out for the year. Yesterday we also met a kid from Ireland who's been traveling the U.S. on a rail pass, just getting off and on wherever he likes. He's apparently stopping in Albuqurque(sp?), NM to get off the train for a bit. He asked us if there was anything to do there and we were stumped. Aside from the homs state of Carlos and the Shins that is. I think the state loves hot air ...