Day 25 - Eads, Colorado to Scott City, Kansas

I'm in the Central Time Zone now.  Kansas.  The pictures today are not very exciting.

Last night at JJ's for dinner there were probably 10 cyclists there altogether.  I was sitting at a table alone and a cyclist comes in so I offered a seat at my table.  Ryan was racer ... something a few people thought I was.  I am no longer confused.  There is a race on the TransAmerica route.  It is a self-supported coast to coast race.  The winner has already finished.  here's the race link: TransAmerica Bike Race

Most of those guys carry about the same gear I have so now I understand why people kept asking me if I was a racer.

Ryan and I chatted at dinner and then I had a conversation with Ricky and Alisa, a couple from Kentucky who were heading east.  Ricky was riding his regular and Alisa was riding a Trek ebike.  This was working out well for them.  She beat him up the hills and he beat her down.

In the morning I saw Ryan at the road but I was still a few minutes from being ready so I waved him on.  I did catch up when he stopped for some pictures.  He has some pretty nice photos based on the sample he showed at dinner.  We chatted while riding  for a bit and then I pressed on.

The roads in Colorado were crap but they improved immediately on entering Kansas.

The day was kind of the same all day.  Most of the "towns" were just a few houses and some grain silos.  I stopped in Tribune and got some fruit at the grocery store.  Tribune had a few businesses.

Further down the road I stopped in Leoti - they had even more businesses - and asked around for some replacement sunglasses.  I sat on mine about a week ago and the arm broke off yesterday.  It turns out they stay on with one arm but I can't use my mirror to see traffic coming up behind me.  I had a decent shoulder today so it didn't matter too much but it is nice to know some giant truck is coming up at 80mph that you can't hear it because of the wind.

I ate lunch in Leoti at the Dairy King and then hit the home stretch.  Scott City is the biggest place I've seen since Pueblo ... population 3816.  It's also incredibly spread out and the only walkable food is Wendy's.  Oh, well.