Dunn & Finished

Not much happened today. It was a pretty easy ride. The first 20 were in a cross wind. One thing that I find interesting is that you see oil derricks in the wheat fields.

After the 20 mile mark we turned left and had a favorable wind behind us. We coasted into the SAG at mile 30. Almost everyone was at the SAG as the wind was helping everyone make good times. Now I must digress to yesterday. During our last 30 miles I described how we passed many of the riders. One rider that we tried to pass was Champ. We must have tried to pass him for about 15 miles without success, but we finally did. Now fast forward to today. At the SAG, Champ left before us. I mentioned to someone we would probably catch him around the 55 mile mark. We averaged about 26 MPH and finally caught him at the 56 mile mark. He is very strong rider.

Champ, along with the four of us, coasted into Abilene.

The picture above is of Tom Dunn. Tom has ridden from LA to Abilene. He has worked with Cross Roads as well as rode some days. Too bad about the Nuggets in the playoffs. Below

a picture of Alec, Karen, Tom , me and Harry.

An interesting name for an eatng establishment.

Some of the spouses of the riders have come to Abeline as this is the halfway point in days.

My roomate Peter and his wife, Andrea

Hank and his wife, Carol

Chris and his wife. Lisa

McPherson. KS - Abilene, KS

Miles 62.773

Ave. MPH 19.0

Actual bike time 3:18:12

Left Hotel 8:25

Arrive Hotel 1:55