Shinto skipping work today to watch the women's water polo in the Olympics...ha ha.

Now the big question.is....do I get put of this comfy bed and air con room and ride on in the burning heat...or ..just sit on top of the air con all day? Lol!

I've finally got a good enough wi fi connection and all the recent backlog of updates seem to have gone through at once and some in the wrong date order...hey Ho..at least they finally got uploaded.

I could get used to this air conditio.ing thing you know...its taken my body a couple of hours to cool back down from todays ride in the heat...

I met a young couple riding to sanfrancisco from Virginia...they had had enough of Kansas winds ...I can understand that. Kansas so far for me has been all about the cool friendly people. The rides to be honest are scenically similar each day and the wind and heat are bordering on dangerous...dehydration is a real risk.
Tonight I'm able to watch the Olympics on tv...cool down...do some washing and relax.
There is a bike shop in town so I may take time to get the bike tuned up tomorrow.

I'm looking fleets to meeting some of the guys from vs planet here in Kansas soon hopefully.

Cool bikes in kansas

Free rock concert in deigjton city park Kansas last night

From what I can tell most of the towns here are built along the railway lines...my route is basically a straight line right across the state following the railroad

On a mission from god

Railroad crossing at dawn outside deigjton Kansas this morning

All roads lead to the horizon

Ha ha...this wins my award for the most imaginative post box I have seen so far on this tour!

Classic American car show on dieghtpn city park this afternoon.

Today I decided to rest my knee and not ride. The city park in deighton has a classic car and bike show and I've met lots of car owners...mostly polishing the cars with rags and sitting in camp chairs. I found a shady spot to eat water melon and fell asleep. Preople

Here are interested in my trip...the hotdog seller was more interested in the mental strength it involved.

I will watch the rock bands here tonight and move on tomorrow.

My bedroom tonight in the city park in dighton kansas

This is Brian Powers who chatted to me for a while in the city park.today

Classic bikes on Kansas today

Sunday stRted early at 5 am. I had tailwinds for 65 miles from deighton and  thankfully my knee held up. Along the way I called in at elained b and b for cyclists and was treated to icecream fruit and a very welcome shower. It was to early in the day to
Stop riding and this tailwind is fun so I didn't check in and carried on my way. I wojld recomme.d elaines oasis to any cyclist on this route.

I got to rush centre and found everything closed. It's to hot to ride now at over 40c in the shade so I'm sitting in some shade at the gas station where there is a soda machine. A coke costs a dollar but the machine let's you have it for 25cents. I ran out of change but two farmers in a pick up truck called in for gas...they didn't have change for a 20$ bill so they just gave me 3$ for the soda machine!  I have never k.own people as friendly as they are here in Kansas. Thanks guys!

It really was to hot to ride today but I did 74 miles anyway to dieghton Kansas. The wind here just goes round in circles so you get both tail ans head winds all the time. The rides between watering holes are dry patching and totally void if Amy shade whatsoever. Sun screen is a must as is lots of water. I have a pain on my knee which is due to fighting this wind for to long. It needs packing in ice in an air con room with a DVD player and a fridge full of ice cold coke lol!
Locals here tell me there is some kind of festival on this park tomorrow..I am wondering if a day off the bike might be in order. I rode as fast as I could to get here before the pool shut..but it shut just as I arrived. So I headed to the store and bought ice cold water melon, mountain dew by the bucketful and a tub of strawberry ice cream and retired to a shady spot in the green city park. Here I have power water restrooms and a place to sleep outside. I may swim on the morning.
People in Kansas have been wonderfully helpful and friendly to me so far. I had to disturb a guy in his office so I could get something scanned from my phone...he was adamant he would do it and didn't mind taking half an hour of his day..even his boss was happy to help. No charge.
The scenery remains flat and the same as the last few days if a little greener. Riding between towns is like running from the shade of one umbrella to another on a scolding hot sandy beach...except there are no cold beers...no sea to swim on and I have fat truck drivers instead of bikini babes. Oh well!
Over half way now and still loving every minute of this adventure!

Well this afternnoo.s ride was hot windy and dry. I got so hot I had to sleep in a ditch to cool down. Then I found water at fort larned even though it was closed I went in anyway and took a picture. Eventually I got to larned Kansas after 92 miles riding ..it was  109f when o rode I.to town...in the shade.
I went to subway to eat and as I was ordering Tim bought my dinner because I wad from lo.don and cycling across the states! The kindness of people here is amazing! So I have a free foot long sub and unlimited ice cold coke after a very hot ride!