After taking about 8 days off in Vail we headed back to the road. We went south through Colorado to the South East part of the state and then South East through Kansas. It was a long flat windy ride. Southeast Colorado and Southwest Kansas are some of the flattest nothing - less placiest we have ever seen. We are now almost through Missouri and will cross the Mississippi river into Illinois this afternoon. We are getting there and will be in Maine in no time.
Day 33 - 37: Vail, CO
Day 38: Vail, CO -> Almar, CO 41 miles
Day 39: Almar, CO -> Florence, CO 90 miles
Day 40: Florence, CO -> Ordway, CO 90 miles
Day 41: Ordway, CO -> Eads, CO 61 miles
Day 42: Eads, CO -> Scott City, KS 101 miles
Day 43: Scott City, KS -> Ness City, KS 56 miles
Day 44: Ness City, KS -> Nickerson, KS 120 miles!
Day 45: Nickerson, KS -> Cassaday, KS 87 miles
Day 46: Cassaday, KS -> Bennidict, KS 77 miles
Day 47: Bennidict, KS -> Chanute, KS 21 miles
Day 48 Chanute, KS -> Pittsburgh, KS 60 miles
Day 49 Pittsburgh, KS -> Ash Grove, MO 67 miles
Day 50: Ash Grove, MO -> Springfield, MO 30 miles
Day 51 Springfield, MO -> Marshfield, MO 30 miles
Day 52: Marshfield, MO -> Houston, MO 66 miles
Day 53: Houston, MO -> Farmington, MO 62 miles
Vail, CO
Taylor getting creative with the camera.
Rock wall we put together at Andrew & LeeAnns home.
Hydrating the plants.
Saw this sign on our way to Avon, CO to watch the Dirty Bourbon River Show.
The view from the living room.
Our hotel @ the Marriott in Vail. Got a guitar on the back of the bike now thanks to Josh.
Jesse & Josh at Julia and Phil's Wedding in Vial, CO
Climb up Hooiser Pass
Highest point in our trip 11,500 + feet
The night before this we were attacked and woken up by a swarm of park irrigation sprinklers.
South East Colorado.
The sign said that there used to be a town here.
Flat tire. 100+ degrees outside Puelo, CO.
Hey, Goats!
This thing never slept. We tried to sleep next to it.
Stink Eye
Sunset in backyard of Gillian's home. The area was burned to almost nothing 5 years ago. She has spent the last 5 years rebuilding her home and yard.
Gillian's backyard.
The trailer Gillian let us stay in on her farm.
You know, just cook'n oats in the trailer.
The animals that we spent the night with.
Dinosaurs.
Dead skunk. Killed some of Gillians chickens the night before.
Western Colorado.
Roadside in Kansas.
For a few days this is all we looked at.
Looked at a lot of this.
Welcome to town. Eads, KS. Free community breakfast with some live music from "The Kidd". After a night in the park we were invited to the breakfast by an older women driving by in a van.
Burning Man.
What happened to the mountains?
Yeah, flat out here.
Sleeping grounds / playground in Scott City, KS.
metal.
Broken chain in small town Scott, Kansas. Luckily the local Alco had a chain tool. After breaking the first tool they thankfully had one more.
CHRIST PILOT ME
Towns in Kansas revolved around these things. You would see one in the distance and know you might have a chance at filling your water bottle in a faucet somewhere near by.
Just taking a nap.
In Buhler, KS we met Cherrie and Chuck who brought us into their home after finding us in a closed town on a Sunday. They took us in for sandwiches and some Jesus talk. Fed us more food then we could eat. Thank you.
LOOK A TREE!
SOYCEAN!!!!!!!!!
Yell out loud
YAAAAAAAAAA
hands
LOOK NO HANDS
LOOK NO FEET
ARE WE THERE YET?
Love chicken.
First body of water in some time.
Pastor Joe's Community Food Store. Camped the night and met Pastor Joe as he arrived in his school bus in the morning. Talked Jesus and conspiracy stories to us, gave us 6 bottles of quadruple filtered water so we stayed safe. Told us a prayer and moved on.
The road disappeared.
Windy country in Kansas.
Bible belt.
Near the Missouri boarder.
This is the home the Chamber of Commerce gave us the key to
Queen City Cycles in Springfield gave us a warm invite with beer and invites to house partys with local bands playing and a place to sleep.
We traveled south off route to make it to Springfield, MO to get a bike rim. Taylors rim had cracked from traveling through a construction zone that sent oncoming traffic and paving machines head on.
The rain started.
The Ozark Mountain range, straight up and down for a long time. Some almost vertical....
We met a kitty on the road.
Saving many turtles from the roadways.
Missouri is looking nice.
Missouri river.
Welcome to town.
Beanie Weanie.
Pork & beans.
Cloudy day in the Ozarks
People love parks.
Spent the night in this one.
Edington, MO
Not a bad night.
Missouri river.
Farmington, MO gave us this apartment called " Al's Place" to spend the night. Quite a luxury. Massive pasta chili dinner tonight.
"Al's Place"
Great blog! love the pictures.
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