Day 26
From All of Us: Killer heat, mega long straights and not a dang thing to look at----Go Kansas! The people are cool though. Everyone is very interested in where we are from and where we are going.
Bad breakfast at the 54 Truck Stop Diner this morning shortened today's ride to 80 miles. We are still hopeful to finish this state in the next three days.
We've experienced yet another act of generosity as tonight we are staying at the Newton Fire Station. Inside out of the heat. We heard about these guys from a eastbound cyclist. They are awesome. A paid fire dept. Showers with their clean towels, a room all to ourselves, and pads to sleep on.
We went through the Flint "Hills" today. We wouldn't have know that's where we were except for the sign. The hills weren't much. Today we went 20 miles and only saw 3 cars. We are stating to hit 40 and 50 mile stretches with no access to food or water.
If you don't hear from us for a few days it's because we have our heads down pedaling through this vast nothingness immense heat!