Thursday, August 7, 2008

Day 26: Larned, KS

houston, the duck is out of the storm and in the pond. cooler temps were a thing of dreams just a few days ago, and today those dreams came true. unfortunately they came as a package deal with complete and utter saturation. managed to side step a few lightning bolts as i rolled through the shower room that is western kansas on a two-wheeled lightning rod. to be honest houston, i'd take 50 miles of rain then a heat wave any day of the week and twice on sunday. managed to make good time out of the underground theater stage making it to larned, kansas by one o'clock this afternoon, finding a luke warm shower at the one-half star shanty - the country inn.

stand by for today's wet count:
mileage: 74 miles
time in the tub: 5:02
dry items left in the saddle bags: not many
people who were in the audience when i awoke this morning: none, but the light upstairs was on so perhaps a ghost or two
today's birthdays: one, sister, happy birthday angie!

tomorrow's another big one houston - wet duck out.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad you had a good day; sorry you got wet but delighted you missed the lightening. GMa says she has tried to leave a comment but has not quite figured it out so they -- GMa and GPa say hello and have a safe trip. Your little bicycle on the map has made good progress this week. Love, Mom

Anonymous said...

Great to hear you had a great day on my b-day. Ahh.. the rain... glorious and yet frustrating at the same time. But true, much better than insane heat! Glory brother GLORY!!! - Sis