Ellinwood to Lindsborg
64 miles
6:30am-12:25am
10.8mph Average

Good day of riding today. Started off with some rain, but it wasn’t too bad and let up pretty quick. There was a strong crosswind most of the day. It was the same wind that helped us so much yesterday, but we started going east instead of North. Towards the end of the day, we started to get into some big hills. There was one that was really great, the road turned to line us up with the wind and the downhill stretch was really long. We didn’t do any peddling and still ended up coasting at about 28mph!

Random Observation #1: It’s funny when there’s a long string of bikers and no oncoming traffic. We’ll convince entire caravans of cars to drive on the wrong side of the road. It’s like we’ve converted a tiny part of Kansas into Europe!

Random Observation #2: I keep getting excited when I see someone wearing something Kansas related. That doesn’t happen very often when I’m at LETU, so it’s neat when it happens there. I have to keep reminding myself that not only am I in Kansas, but I’m also on a bike ride specifically for Kansas, so it really isn’t that unusual to see something Kansas related.

Random Observation #3: All these logos with big bicycle wheels on them keep reminding me of The Prisoner. Who is number 1?

Day 4 in pictures.