Rusty Crank Coast to Coast Bicycle Tour across the USA on the ACA TransAM Route

TransAm Day #28 June 22, 2018 Scott City, KS - Eads, CO 104 Miles Ride Time 7:13 Hours Tour Total  Miles 2151 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180622-0416-92501 I slept reasonably well on the gymnasium floor at the Scott County Fitness Center. I got up at 3:30am, and in the darkness, badly stubbed my right middle toe. It bled, and I was pissed off. I paid $15 to stay at this crappy place, and it was ghetto compared to the athletic centers Steve G and I had visited in Virginia. For example, the light switch for the gym where I was sleeping was located up above the exit sign over top the office door. Only a giraffe like myself could reach it. More to the point the stupid two inch threshold to the gym. WFT? It really hurt and could have jeopardized my trip. I cleaned my wound and smothered it in Bacitraycin. It remains badly bruised, but it didn’t effect my cycling.  All my laundry was dry, as moisture evaporates quickly here. I pa...

TransAm Day #29 June 23, 2018 Eads, CO - Ordway, CO 65 Miles Ride Time 5:21 Hours Tour Total  Miles 2213 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180623-0723-62155 I slept great last night at the Cobblestone Inn after fourteen thousand beers. I only wish that Steve and Don hadn’t gotten up so early. Early meaning 6am mountain time which I guess was 7am central, and far from the 3:30am regimen. Still, I could have used more sleep. I stayed up really late with Don drinking beer and talking about old times. He’s got a really sharp memory and is able to remember the details of a lot of old stories, some of which it'd be better if he forgot. The three hungover boys had breakfast in the hotel lobby. I made myself a waffle. Afterwards we said our goodbyes and Steve and I were on the road. It felt appropriate to be wearing my Bouré cycling sweater from Durango Colorado. I bought it in 2009 to console myself after my father died. This is it’s fir...