There is a flat part of the country!

This is going to be a short post as I'm borrowing an office computer in the (very) small town of Walnut, Kansas, and the keyboard I'm using has seen better days.

Anyways, the ride has continued to go pretty well, been making good time and having fun. As of today, I have a better answer to the "what do you do when it rains?" question - used to be "Suppose I'll just keep on riding or take a break in town," but now it's "just keep on riding and hammer out a quick blog update." It's been drizzly today, and looks like it'll be about the same for the rest of the day. Slightly windy, but the wind is out of the South mostly, so it's a sidewind that doesn't really slow things down as much as it requires more concentration to stay on the road.

In generaly, Missouri was a hilly state, but the hills were generally short enough that you could use momentum to push halfway up them. The last day in Missouri flattened out considerably, and Kansas is continuing that trend. Probably by tomorrow or the next day it'll be really flat. I'm hoping to push through Kansas pretty fast to make up time for some days off in the Rockies to visit with people and check out the parks.

For the better part of the last week, I've been riding with three other guys; Dan, Brian, and Rob. We split up yesterday when they took a detour to see Springfield, MO, but there's a good chance we'll meet up again soon. They're cool guys, it's been a nice break from an otherwise fairly solitary trip.

The funny town names have continued - First I slept in Houston, MO then last night was Pittsburg, KS. Tonight, I'm probably going to stay in Toronto, KS...

Will get more updates in at some point in the future, along with pictures, but now it's time to zoom.