Yesterday we learned an important lesson: not to go a stretch of 58 miles, in Kansas, during the hottest part of the day.
We ran out of water so fast, and I just couldnt believe that there were actually NO people for 58 miles. No houses, no nothing. Just enormous flat fields of nothing.
Daniela really kept her cool, which I appreciated while freaking out. We started flagging down every car we saw and asked them for water. We got a can of coca-cola, a bottle of water, and some ice cubes left over from some gas-station drink.
Her brother, luckily, just happened to be driving through Kansas on the exact same day and drove by to save us. We strapped the bikes onto the top of the PACKED car, and sat, out front wheels and panniers on our laps, eating pita chips.
Today, we took a big old break around mid day. Lesson learned!
Jocelyn
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Hi! this is the Clinton MO group (Rob, Allison, Camille, Janie and Casey) that you stayed with. Just checking on you. Cant imagine how tough it is, but just keep going. Kansas is the boring part:)
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