Great Bend - Dighton
96 miles
6 hours and 13 minutes in the saddle
26.7 mph max speed
15.3 mph average speed
Today we have hit a new record for average speed, for a long time our average was above 16mph, but we started slacking when the wind turned from SE to SW and in the afternoon we usually cycle slower than in the morning.
Kansas is flat and vast, but today it has seemed even flatter and more vast than on previous days. Corn fields seem to go on forever. We could see a water tower almost 15 miles ahead, and an hour later we finally cycled past it only to see another water tower 15 or 20 miles ahead. This is monotonous country. Corn fields, water towers, corn silos and not much else, cycling is very peaceful around here.
Tonight we met Gary, a 62 year old American living in France, who is doing the Western Express/ TransAm cycle route from west to east. He was full of stories and it was pleasant to meet another cyclist. We also overtook a cyclist today doing the TransAm from east to west.
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