5/30/2016: A happy Memorial Day to everyone. Lots of military history in Denise’s and my family. That quiet Father of mine landed on Omaha Beach and followed Patton thru the Bulge and on to free prisoners of war in Austria. Denise’s Dad was a career Marine and VietNam vet – they didn’t speak much about … More Day 23: McPherson to Abilene, KS

5/29/2016-Sunday: we started this adventure 3 Sunday’s ago today- quite frankly I’m amazed! Mostly amazed by how easy it is to loose track of where you are and the day.  Kansas is beautiful, flat and the first state during our trip where there is a sense of anxiety about the weather,  that goes beyond suffering … More Day 22 : Great Bend to McPherson, KS

5/28/2016: another cool but blue sky and high puffy cloud morning. A few of Wyatt’s men were in pursuit so we had to get out of Dodge pronto!! . I can’t hardly describe how straight the Rt 56 highway was today. It seems each town was marking its presence with towering granaries that loomed forever … More Day 21: Dodge City to Great Bend, KS

5/27/2016: we awoke to a cloudy and much cooler morning. Temps about 48 and swirling winds. With reports of 40% chance of afternoon rains. Lucky for us (again) it never happened. We rode with wind off our left shoulder on more of a 2 lane high speed highway, which meant ever truck coming towards you- … More Day 20: Liberal to Dodge City, Kansas

5-26/2016: today was almost like a day off. I know to some of you a 40 mile ride is anything but an easy day but hey after  over 1250 miles riding- it was, no bragging really. We road through a very uniquely named city– Hooker, OK. There were plenty of spins on that name and … More The Day 19: Guymon OK to Liberal Kansas

May 25, 2016: We are now into the plains area. We’re seeing more free- range cattle ( thank God) and the fields are dotted with some wild flowers and blowing grasses. The true high desert of Az., NM and the panhandle of Tx are fading behind us. We did stop for a photo of a … More Day 18: Dalhart Tx to Guymon OK

May 24, 2016. Yeah that was the first question I asked way back in October- where is gods good America is Dalhart, Tx? Well,  It occupies a piece of the very west side of Texas in the panhandle! It’s our 3rd state line crossing today. Dalhart’s claim to fame is that it has one of … More Day 17: Tucumcari NM to Dalhart, Tx

5/23/2016: It felt like a Monday- it was a work day for sure. 109 miles- really! Started out cool 56 ended at 99 degrees . But some remarkable tailwinds early and at one point on a newly paved road and at least a 1/2 mi descent I hit 47 mph! It was the fasted I … More Day 16: Las Vegas to Tucumcari NM

May 22, 2016. The area northeast of Santa Fe is truly the “wide-open spaces”. Early in the ride we pasted the highest point on the trip, Glorieta Pass at over 7300 ft. It’s called the Getysburgh of the West. It was the farthest west site of battle during the Civil War- never would have guessed. … More Day 15: Santa Fe to Las Vegas, NM

May 22, 2016: good time for a day off. It was time for a group dinner last night at the Blue Corn rest. & brewery. The southwest style Mexican food is a bit spicier than home style mex food – but enjoyed it. Today was also a catch up day for laundry, haircut and getting … More Day 14: Rest day in Santa Fe