Great Bend, KS to McPherson, KS 64.53 miles As Dinah Washington, Rod Stewart or Ami Winhouse (depending on your age) might say, ‘What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours’. Yes the Yang returned to equal the Ying of yesterday and life is good again. I was shattered yesterday and to be honest was…

Dodge, KS to Great Bend, KS 84 miles Today was hard, really hard. I know if you look at the map, gradients or anything else you want to todays ride looked easy enough. What you can not see is a crosswind with some hurt that turned into a headwind of 20-30 mph for all of…

Liberal, KS to Dodge City, KS. 83.3 miles So today it was out of the hotel, ride US 54 E for 61 miles, turn left onto US 283 N for another 20 miles, turn left and the  hotel is about one mile on the right. The End. Photo of me – thanks Robin Well ok it was…

Guymon, OK to Liberal, KS 39.6 miles Today was almost perfect, tailwind, great road conditions and perfect weather. If I could change anything at all, it would be that I wished today was one of our 100 mile rides not a really short 39.6 miles. Last night we had a storm blow through Guymon which featured…

Dalhart, TX to Guymon, OK. 71.5 miles So much for plans. After the previous days of riding into a headwind I had decided that today I was going to ride with the others as much as I could. As we finished the route talk at 7:00 am I noticed I had a flat tire. As…

Tucumcari, NM to Dalhart, TX. 95.8 miles Well today ladies and gentlemen was a long day. On our notes it was billed as a 95 mile ride with just over 2,000 ft of climbing. I think all of the riders would agree this was the toughest day so far. First we rode into a headwind…

Las Vegas, NM to Tucumcari, NM 109.5 miles It often takes me a good 30 minutes to get my breathing totally right for some reason in a morning at the start of a ride. This has almost always been the case since I started cycling. Today was no different as we climbed out of Las…

Santa Fe, NM to Las Vegas, NM. 73.0 miles So after a day off I found it took me a while to get into a good rhythm. I had decided to set out 15 minutes behind the first group today. The first 15 miles of todays route were uphill, so I settled into a steady solo…

Today was our second rest day, a time to rest. So why was I awake and up at 5:30 am like I have been every day since we started this ride. What am I going to do all day if I have nowhere to ride to today. This is how it has become already for…

Albuquerque, NM to Santa Fe, NM. 67.7 miles Today was billed as a ‘great ride’ day. In one way it was but to be honest by the time I arrived in Santa Fe I was glad it was done. The route was pretty for sure and did not involve any Interstates at all. The scenery…