Gloria
We finally left Eads around 5:30 this morning after having one of the other bikers take a picture of us at the "official" TransAmerica halfway mark. Eads is...or was an oil producing town. There were lots of trucks in town that appeared to be carrying oil. It didn't have the smells of Dubois, WY, but it did have some oil refinery smells. We saw silent oil derricks for several miles.
Once we left the town, we saw rabbits, deer, turtles (trying to cross the road). Eric rescued one turtle...not sure what happened to the others. There was so little traffic that it is possible that they survived.
The smell of oil was replaced by the smell of sage. I've always loved the smell of sage, but I've never seen it in such abundance. When lots of plants are together, they emit a wonderful smell!
When we were in Eads, one of the other bikers warned us about biting flies. At about the 22 mile mark we experienced this for ourselves. We sprayed ourselves with deet, but those savvy buggers found all the non-deet areas to bite. We were batting flies while trying to ride as fast as possible! Although you can't see them, we were surrounded by flies at the Kansas border sign. We made that stop and the rest of our stops extremely short.
Luckily once we started riding downhill, the flies disappeared. We entered Tribune around 11:30. At the only convenience store in town, we met up with several other bikers who also complained about the biting flies. One even said they left welts on his hands.
I cannot believe that we are in Kansas! Our ride today was some of the best riding yet...not because it was scenic or pretty, but because it was quiet and serene for most of the ride. It was also mostly downhill - sweet!
We finally left Eads around 5:30 this morning after having one of the other bikers take a picture of us at the "official" TransAmerica halfway mark. Eads is...or was an oil producing town. There were lots of trucks in town that appeared to be carrying oil. It didn't have the smells of Dubois, WY, but it did have some oil refinery smells. We saw silent oil derricks for several miles.
Once we left the town, we saw rabbits, deer, turtles (trying to cross the road). Eric rescued one turtle...not sure what happened to the others. There was so little traffic that it is possible that they survived.
The smell of oil was replaced by the smell of sage. I've always loved the smell of sage, but I've never seen it in such abundance. When lots of plants are together, they emit a wonderful smell!
When we were in Eads, one of the other bikers warned us about biting flies. At about the 22 mile mark we experienced this for ourselves. We sprayed ourselves with deet, but those savvy buggers found all the non-deet areas to bite. We were batting flies while trying to ride as fast as possible! Although you can't see them, we were surrounded by flies at the Kansas border sign. We made that stop and the rest of our stops extremely short.
Luckily once we started riding downhill, the flies disappeared. We entered Tribune around 11:30. At the only convenience store in town, we met up with several other bikers who also complained about the biting flies. One even said they left welts on his hands.
Tonight we are staying at Prairie, Lavender and Sage Guesthouse. Michael, Eric and I have this quaint little house to ourselves for the night. Eric and Michael went to the supermarket and bought something that we can cook for dinner, so we're planning to stay in and have a feast!
5 states done...5 states to go...life is great!
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