Day 11, 12 13, & 14

6/17/08 Day 11: Buffalo, OK to Dodge City, KS 96 miles






6/18/2008 Day 12: Dodge City to Syracuse, KS 108 miles




6/19/2008 Day 13: Dodge City, KS to Las Animas, CO 86 miles





Today we made it into Colorado. Although we are in a different state the scenery is pretty much the same as it was in Kansas. Kansas was not good to us. We passed several feed lots that smelled awful we were almost run off the road several times by semis and the semis that were passing were filled with live stock. We are all happy to be out of Kansas and cannot wait to see the mountains. In Las Animas we were hosted by the First Baptist church, several families took us in to their homes and provided us with breakfast. Katherine and I stayed at Pam and her familes church. She was a chiropracter and adjusted both of us before we went to bed. We woke up refresehd and ready for our ride. It was really nice to be able to interact with a lot of families in the community we were staying in. On day 14 the local sheriff, Cliff gave us a police escort out of town.

6/20/2008 Day 14: Las Animas to Pueblo, CO 86 miles

I started off my day with two flat tires in the first five miles. I thought the day was going to be a complete disaster but it proved me wrong. Later in the day we rode by a lavender field that smelled amazing. So far Colorado is making up for the nasty smells of Kansas. Today I also saw the mountains for the first time. We have climbed about 4000 ft since we left Austin two weeks ago. We are currently at 4600 ft. I also saw several prairie dogs on the side of the road today. So far Colorado is proving to be awesome!