It's 101 Degrees in the Shade !

June 29 Day 28 107 miles

This has got to be one of our hardest days. Due to the forecast for hot weather, we started at 6:30, as soon as they would let us load our luggage. Passing a bank at 7:00 AM, we noted that it was already 86 degrees. Clearly, this was going to be a hot day. The van was available every 10 miles or so, to refill water bottles since we were consuming a quart or more of water per hour. And it then gushed out of ever pore.

The second half of the trip went through the Flint Hills, an area with almost no development and continuous rolling hills. I must say, I was pretty dried out by the end of the day.

We start early, loading the van as the sun comes up.

Our first SAG was in White City, a tiny town, where we followed the brick road to the SAG stop.

This is Kansas after all, so it is no surprise to find Dorothy and company as home made lawn art.

We pass through a few small towns, with very little local industry other than farming.

The van stop wherever it can to provide us with water.

At our second SAG stop, we calculate that we have ridden 2000 miles.

The last leg of the journey takes us through the Flint Hills. This produces a long series of rolling hills, that goes on for miles.