A new phenomenon: not only did we NOT have a headwind, we had NO Wind! Beautiful sunshine, 56 degrees at the start, smooth pavement...wow...the bike seemed to fly down the road after the slog we had yesterday. Before we knew it we hit the thirty mile SAG...and that continued for almost 55 miles until a little wind came up the last ten miles but overall a gorgeous day. The terrain is changing now with more rolling hills and trees. We still see lots of water in the fields and ditches. I can't remember if it was today or yesterday but we crossed the Little Arkansas River and it was completely over its banks and spreading way out into the surrounding countryside.
Injury updates: Joanne is riding again and after putting in a couple of partial days, rode the whole 65 miles today. Yesterday Don Kieffer was out with a shin splint also, but was back riding again today. (There is an awful lot of icing and KT taping going on in the hotels at night.)
Tomorrow it is on to Abilene, KS...and we have a rest day there. Yahoo!
My knee is probably about 90 percent but I am continuing a regimen of ice, tape, stretching and naproxen.
The picture of the day: Beautiful Kansas!
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