Day 36,37,38

Rough Days

Miles biked: 81
86
66
Our trip has had a horrible accident. About 9 miles outside of Luray, Kansas one of our riders was hit by a car. It was a very scary day, and continues to be a scary recovery. He was transfered to Wichita and will remain there for the next couple of weeks. The good news is he continues to get better everyday and make progress and my prayers are with him and his family.

We sat in Luray almost in shock. The next day, 11 of us decided to ride, 5 had left the night before to go to the hospital, and the rest decided to clear their mind in the van.

The trip to hill city was a hot one. The thermometer hit 103.....there were two banks on the way in......one had an eletrical sign that said 109....the other 111. To top things off, the headwinds were blowing very hard, making each pedal stroke impossible. In Hill City, the entire group went to the municiple pool to cool off and just hang out together. I challenged Gizmo to a diving board competition, in which I of course was the winner. Pat went down the pretty impressive waterslide about 400 times to try and get as much leverage on turn #2 as possible. He even had personal advice from life guards and 14 year old boys ( and a 6 year old). I was impressed with the progress he made. Later that day I watched a man walk his dog with his car. He let the dog out of the door in a park. Sat there as the dog ran around.....beeped the horn....and the dog ran back to the car. I thought the dog was going to get in the car, but instead the car drove slowly down the street as the dog followed! Very strange. At night the 5 in Wichita came back which feels pretty good to have everyone back on the trip.

Today's trip was a vacation......only 66 miles. More people joined us on the bikes and now we are in Colby Kansas. The hills have dissintegrated and now we are in the Midwest I have stereotyped in my head. There are endless corn fields in all directions. Today we did get a chance to celebrate as Granpa Sam turned 25. We honored him with a shrek themed birthday party and a Hanah Montanah singing card. We have one more day in the state of Kansas, can't wait to see a chance of scenery.

I hope all are well and are staying as safe as possible.