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Pleasant Day with rain drops
The gals had breakfast at the Chinese Restaurant and stuck with my protein drink. The blue sky got us going early this morning to a nice wind mostly at our back.....The roads were quiet since we are now on our Adventure Cycling routes. MaryJane started to drive today and Ramona was riding for her first day....About 30 miles into the day Ramona decided to drive and so the gals switched.
We stopped in Coyville est. in 1864 a cute small town of ...
Hot, Humid, windy, climbing
What more can I say about Kansas.....this state has it all......So we drove to Olathe, KS and then I got out and started to ride, nice shoulders for the most part and one climb after another and of course my friendly head winds, which today I didn't mind so much because it was 93 and very humid so the breeze was nice......Jane drove up 8 miles and then rode back towards me and the first one she missed me and so I waited at the top of this climb, called no answer ...
Finally a BREAK!
... would think we would rest for two hours to digest the food after a meal like that ,but we got right back on our bikes to continue our ride. When I came out and did not see the bikes where I had left them, I panicked and went back inside to tell John and Rosalie that the bikes were gone. It was then that John told me he had moved the bikes to the side of the building so we could keep an eye on them. What a relief ...... ...
Cycle, Swim, Cinema Again!
This is a top pick!
... As we chatted we saw our first live armadillo shoot across the road ahead of us – the rest have been interesting roadkill.
A couple of miles on we met another chap, he was much less charismatic and looked pretty grumpy in the heat and headwind so we made our conversation brief and let him go. A corner store further along was clearly used to cyclists. She provided us with a ...
Sleep is becoming a luxury, an unguaranteed one!
We rode a grueling, hilly,and windy 95 mile ride into Chanute. We spent about 12 hours on the rode and were exhausted. 16 miles out of town we ran out of water and needed it real bad! So we decided to stop at the next house we saw. When I knocked on the door, I was greeted with a huge smile and a "come on in". Not only did they fill our bottles with ice water they gave us cold Gatorade; without which we might not have made it to ...
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Other places to stay in Iola
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Best Western Inn
1315 North State Street, Iola | Hotelfrom $72 -
Super 8 Iola
200 Bill's Way, Iola | 1 star hotelfrom $74
