Krazy in Kansas

So this is probably going to be a really long post because Kansas has
been way to awesome to stop and take time to write in the blog. The
last full day in Oklahoma was probably the hardest biking day for me,
even though it was only about 85 miles, and not extremely hilly. There
was about a 30 mph crosswind along with a huge rain storm, that was
absolutely miserable. When I got in I was in such a bad mood, but as
usual everyone was there to cheer me up.

The next morning I woke up a little scared of what to expect based on
the day before, but it ended up being one of my top days on the trip.
At the very beginning of each day we pass out words of encouragement
that other people write you, and this morning I got about 7 from
different people I'm the group. It was so nice to start the day off
with such a great feeling from everyone around me. We left Oklahoma to
enter Kansas. It was a 90 mile ride, so we claimed it 90's on 90 day,
which meant that we were going to sing 90s music all day. I started
out the day riding with all the girls singing old school 90s songs and
everytime we passed a group we would sing brittney spears, "hit me
baby one more time.". Although it was pouring rain for most of the
time until first lunch, it was a lot of fun. We then ate a really
quick lunch cause it was raining and we didn't have any where to find
shelter. I rode the rest of the day with Rebecca and we had to make
like 4 pee stops in the middle of the rain with practically no
privacy. I had my bibs on too, which meant that each time I went to
the bathroom I had to take my jersey off. It was definetly an
interesting experince peeing in the middle of a sunflower patch
basically naked with rain pouring down your back. Even though it was
raining the ride was absolutely gorgeous. We rode over the gypsum
hills and they were so fun and an incredible site. I got a couple of
good pics.

The next day was a pretty good ride too, we started off the day with
about 7 of us riding together and we deemed ourselves team picture, in
which we were determined to get the classic wheat field and hay sack
pictures. We definetely got some good ones. By the end of the day I
was riding with Nhan, Ben, and Michelle and it was really nice. We had
really good conversation and games played, along with some more
pictures. Don't worry I'll try to put them up when I get Internet
access...and I have some great additions from today.

Then today we had a bit of a shorter day so we all decided to go Krazy
in Kansas with a scavenger hunt. It was sooooo much fun. I was in a
group with boy alex, beth, andrew, matt, and andy. It was probably the
craIest scavenger hunt I did. Some of the tasks we had to complete
were: ride a buffalo (we found a wooden one to rode), get handcuffs
put on you, ride in a cop car, ride on farm equipment, create a
tumbleweed helmet, cook an egg outside, and get a kiss from a local.
There was much more, but these were just a few of my favorites...which
our team all completed. My favorite part of the day had to be when we
passed through this small town called Ingalls. It was off the main
road, so we were a bit rellictant to go, but I am so glad we did. We
ended up trading a baby doll for some cool antique stamp pins, and
then walking into this co-op shop in hopes of riding the tractor
outside and ended up meeting the mayor of the town. She was an
incredibly nice women. She called her friend Preston, who brought over
the city tractor and let all 6 of us get on and ride it (as the mayor
took video footage). She then told us about this local cafe, so we
went in it with her and had root beer floats with the mayor. As we
were in there she gave alex a kiss on the cheek, made a local named
joe babe give us the shirt off of his back, and made another local
lend us a cowboy hat for a picture. She then showed us this park with
a windmill in it so we could do a human pyramid (don't worry mom and
dad I wasn't on the bottom and I didn't break my wrist). The park also
had a wooden buffalo, moose and coyotes we could pose with. We then
said our good byes to the mayor and went on our way with the rest of
the scavenger hunt. We didn't do to much after that, except cook an
egg outside and switch spots with a motorcyclist (only standing of
course). The day was so much fun, filled with tons of memories...and
my camera was the group camera, so I have some quality pictures from
that too. I am almost sad to leave Kansas tomorrow, it's been such a
great state. Who would have thought Kansas would have been so awesome,
but it most definetly was. Colorado is tomorrow, along with another
time zone change.

Tonight were having enchiladas! I'm pumped. Hope that wasn't too long.