8-22
Left Garden City and was on my way to Syracuse. I passed a sign informing me that I just crossed into the next time zone. I was so excited, an extra hour of sleep......than my back tire went flat. And there went my hour. I walked almost all day from the wind so it wasn't till 10:30 that I got to the wildlife preserve where I was going to camp. Completely exhausted I just laid my tarp out and slept on the ground.
8-23
Left Kansas and entered into Colorado. If you have never been to eastern Colorado there is no difference between it and Kansas. It's still flat and it's still windy.
8-24
Today was super windy, the news said it got up to 30 mph gusts. The rear tire of my cart went flat and than the front tire of bike. Fortunately I was near an overpass for the front tire so I could work on it in the shade. I reached a campsite and didn't feel like re-enacting a three stooges routine fighting my tent in the wind so I decided to sleep on top of a picnic table. I did open my map in the 30 mph wind which as you can imagine didn't end well. Now there is one downside to sleeping on a picnic table, you can roll off, which I accomplished in the middle of the night.
8-25
Reaching Las Animas I got a call from Ron, the Grand Knight in Pueblo. He said I would be picked up in the morning and be brought into Pueblo. My bike is down to only one gear, actually it's been that way since the beginning, and its been tough to even walk in the wind.
8-26
I was picked up in the morning by C.J., the Grand Knight in La Junta and brother knight Leroy. They took me into La Junta where I was interviewed by the local paper. It was my first interview and I hope in the picture they got my good side....if I have one. They were both great guys and wish I could have spent more time getting to know them but Ron was meeting us to drive me the rest of the way to Pueblo. Getting into Pueblo we dropped my bike off at the bike shop.
8-27
Went to lunch with Ron and his wife Rose and stopped by the bike shop to see if it was finished. It wasn't yet so Ron drove me out to Florence where Joe, a district deputy lives. I would like to thank Ron for all he did for me. He made many phone calls and truly went out of his way to assist me in any way he could. Joe and his wonderful family live in a beautiful home surrounded by mountains. Every window gives a postcard view. Joe didn't come home till the evening from visiting his brother in Alabama, but I was made very welcome by his family until he got home. Joe is a great and very generous person.
One last thing, my Friend Travis in Kansas informed me that his 5th grade class is reading my blog. Now he really shouldn't have told me this since I could tell some really embarrassing stories about him. Like the time.......... but I would like to give a shout out to his class at St. Andrews.
When was the last time you saw a phone booth? There can only be one logical reason....superman.
At the Shrine of the Little Flower in Pueblo CO
One of the views from Joe's home
Outside of St. Benedict's in Florence CO
Left Garden City and was on my way to Syracuse. I passed a sign informing me that I just crossed into the next time zone. I was so excited, an extra hour of sleep......than my back tire went flat. And there went my hour. I walked almost all day from the wind so it wasn't till 10:30 that I got to the wildlife preserve where I was going to camp. Completely exhausted I just laid my tarp out and slept on the ground.
8-23
Left Kansas and entered into Colorado. If you have never been to eastern Colorado there is no difference between it and Kansas. It's still flat and it's still windy.
8-24
Today was super windy, the news said it got up to 30 mph gusts. The rear tire of my cart went flat and than the front tire of bike. Fortunately I was near an overpass for the front tire so I could work on it in the shade. I reached a campsite and didn't feel like re-enacting a three stooges routine fighting my tent in the wind so I decided to sleep on top of a picnic table. I did open my map in the 30 mph wind which as you can imagine didn't end well. Now there is one downside to sleeping on a picnic table, you can roll off, which I accomplished in the middle of the night.
8-25
Reaching Las Animas I got a call from Ron, the Grand Knight in Pueblo. He said I would be picked up in the morning and be brought into Pueblo. My bike is down to only one gear, actually it's been that way since the beginning, and its been tough to even walk in the wind.
8-26
I was picked up in the morning by C.J., the Grand Knight in La Junta and brother knight Leroy. They took me into La Junta where I was interviewed by the local paper. It was my first interview and I hope in the picture they got my good side....if I have one. They were both great guys and wish I could have spent more time getting to know them but Ron was meeting us to drive me the rest of the way to Pueblo. Getting into Pueblo we dropped my bike off at the bike shop.
8-27
Went to lunch with Ron and his wife Rose and stopped by the bike shop to see if it was finished. It wasn't yet so Ron drove me out to Florence where Joe, a district deputy lives. I would like to thank Ron for all he did for me. He made many phone calls and truly went out of his way to assist me in any way he could. Joe and his wonderful family live in a beautiful home surrounded by mountains. Every window gives a postcard view. Joe didn't come home till the evening from visiting his brother in Alabama, but I was made very welcome by his family until he got home. Joe is a great and very generous person.
One last thing, my Friend Travis in Kansas informed me that his 5th grade class is reading my blog. Now he really shouldn't have told me this since I could tell some really embarrassing stories about him. Like the time.......... but I would like to give a shout out to his class at St. Andrews.
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