KANSAS!

hello, all.

we have made it to the great plains of kansas, and are stopped for the afternoon in the town of washington. we crossed over the missouri into kansas on the 21st and will continue across the state for the next six days, before going through eight miles of nebraska and then colorado. the night of the last blog post we had the adventure of putting up a tent during the onset of a thunderstorm. fortunately we all survived and dried off eventually, and, although the weather set us back a bit, we revised the route and are now back on track. we stayed at a lovely community center in plattsburg, and then at a church in horton, america. last night we stayed at a park in marysville. in rushville, mo we met an 82 year old barber named norman gillis who made us a pot of coffee as he does for the loafers 365 days of the year. he told us many stories about his life and alex even got a free haircut. norman's favorite president is harry truman. today we met a man from japan who is walking across the country, starting in washington dc and ending up in san francisco. yesterday we passed by a biker headed from san francisco to boston. coming up we are going to have workshops in smith center, where our next rest day also will be. more news on how those go to come. right now the weather is lovely and riding is great. it's time for me to switch out of the public library's computer, but just wanted to give a quick update-- we're all still alive and on the road. and getting some pretty intense tan lines.
love,
linden.