Almost as soon as we land in Kansas, we go to Oklahoma Joes. Z-burger FTW!
Colin. Super mechanic.
Dan and The Langster on a shakedown ride in Lawrence, KS.
Shakedown ride cut short by approaching end of the world.
Local Kansas flavor!
Weapon
Shakedown ride number 2 in Lawrence, Kansas. Shop ride with Sunflower Outdoor & Bike
The Queen of Pain on the shakedown ride.
Shakedown ride encounters a long train. Long. Long. Long.
Sun's out, gun's out! The Queen is ready to crush.
Sunshine Outdoor & Bike. Fixers of fish bikes.
Royal crown.
Drive to Emporia.
5 bikes on a the car, two of them to be piloted by a reigning King and a Queen the next day.
Dirty Kanza beer!
Packing jersey pockets. I decided not to take the camera.
Laminated cue sheet.
Some of it looked like this.
Some of it looked like this.
And then sometimes it looked like this.
I have lost in my race against the sun.
All smiles at the finish.
Da filth.
Garmin fail (lost the first 150 miles). Actual, Janeen fail. I turned it off accidentally at checkpoint 3.
Rebecca's Queen of the Kanza belt buckle.
Home in Santa Cruz, I finally christen my finisher glass.
