Today was a flat 61 miles through Kansas. Lots of farmland, lots of small towns, mostly boarded up. It was cloudy and drizzly in the morning which made for great riding, as it got really hot and muggy later in the day. We are staying in Chanute, Kansas, which was named for octave Chanute, a collaborator of the Wright brothers. There is a cool statue and model of the Wright brothers’ plane. Tomorrow is more of the same.
I got a chance to talk with one of my co-riders Paul, who left Vietnam in 1975 just as the Viet Cong were rushing his village. His story of escape and challenges and successes in the US is pretty amazing.
Jeremy Bikes NEALS 30th Anniversary Ride 