Today was a good day. Not a great day. Just a good solid day. Today’s goal was to position myself to be able to make it out of Ks on Friday. The trick today was to navigate the various route changes through Junction City & Manhattan Ks. Fort Riley’s military base sets square in the middle of the route & is a challenge to transit. And yes I screwed it up! Ended up on a dirt road for about 4 miles that ended with carrying my bike through a field & up a hill, over the guardrail to a 4 lane highway that I rode for 9 miles !
I only ended up with 62 miles today, but that’s all I needed to get me within 83 miles of the border. Threat of rain in the distance made the choice of where to stop was made easy.
Now some suggestions to you if you ever run into a biker @ a restaurant or gas station etc. Did you ever watch an old western movie where the cowboy walks into the saloon @ the end of the day, dirty, sweaty, & tired looking? Well that’s the biker @ the end of the day. You should just treat him like a stray dog. Be nice to him but don’t try & hug him. He may just bite. No matter what your opinion of his endeavor , don’t Say “wow that’s nuts” or “why?” – if he has to explain it to you……you still wouldn’t understand! And whatever you do don’t say “wow, you got a long way to go huh”! Yes I do & I don’t need you to remind me.
Hope for good weather tomo & after getting out of Ks I can almost see home.
Frank's Coast to Coast Ride for Justin 