bit of a later start this morning out of Nickerson, but with the winds at our back and the sun shining, it was nothing but smiles as we continued east. especially since we were able to reconnect with Mathias last night, and will hopefully be able to roll with him for a bit before he splits south for Florida.
Kansas is starting to look a lot less like "Kansas" and a few times even felt just like home, riding through scattered hardwoods, over meandering rivers and even through the beginnings of a few suburbs spreading out from their respective town centers.
made good time to Newton, and decided to stop for lunch and check out the local bike shop. glad we did, the shop was incredible, by far the coolest stop along the transamerica trail we've seem so far.
Newton Bike Shop had everything a tourer could need - a free place to stay/sleep, do laundry, eat (complete kitchen with free coffee), clean/repair a bike, not to mention a rocking bike shop that sold some pretty sweet refurbished bikes. check out this video to see what I mean (http://vimeo.com/m/70983590). highly recommend it, all you future tourers, you even have reserved parking when you roll in there.
Newton turned into a longer stopover than anticipated, but made some key bike adjustments and figured it was simply God's way of slowing us down after a long ride the day before. rode another 40 to Cassody and enjoyed another 360 sunset - the sky turning a pink/purple/blue all along the horizon.
another great day of riding. another great day to be alive and serving our Lord.
until next time,
may the sun shine warm upon your face
josh & mark
the lifecycle team
Is Mathais the reason you are able to have pictures of 2 bikers at once? I was going to ask Mark if he had been riding with you all this time, then your post answered that question. Do i remember right that he is Canadian? ,eh? Any opportunities to share Jesus?
ReplyDeleteyou bet! he is the coolest Canadian I know, it's no wonder we've got along so well, seeing as one side of our family hails from there. yep, he's the 2nd cyclist in the pics :) been great sharing the love of Christ with him!
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