Day 2 – We’re Not In Kansas Anymore

We’re not in Kansas anymore….yeah! Actually, Kansas gets a bit of a bum rap. It’s really kind of pretty in a lot of areas, especially the east. The biggest problem, other than straight roads of course, is that it just last too long. The western portion flattens out and gets to be monotonous.

It has been a long hard day. We rolled out of the hotel with sunshine and had a great ride crossing Eastern Kansas, but we eventually caught the rain before the morning was over. And once it started, it rarely stopped. Usually not heavy rain, but continuous with temps dropping into the 50’s and had a pretty nasty side wind for a while.

We are in Loveland Colorado tonight. Just shy of 1200 miles since leaving home yesterday morning. Unfortunately the weather is still looking bad for the week. We hope to see Rocky Mountain National Park in the morning if the weather breaks but probably going to cancel the rest of our Colorado plans. We had enough cold and wet weather today. Plus the majority of our plans this week would keep us at 7500 to 12000 feet elevation, including open desert camping. That’s just not very feasible with frequent heavy rain and low temps. Not sure what Plan B is yet…stay tuned.