July 10, 2013
Shout out to Adam Schmidt on his 20th bertday
today!!!!!!!
Another shout out to Teri Von Handorf who recorded a hole
in one at World of Golf last night!!!!!
Wish we got ESPN.
Our visit to the Hilltop Café last night was a huge
success. We got cooled off and the home
cooked food was good. It was a cultural
and a true dining experience. Think
almost Anchor Grill. Jody the owner treated us great and her kids did all the serving
and dishes. I volunteered Jack, our head
dishwasher, but they said they had it covered.
All got ice creams as well. The
café had bait, hardware, and even puppies for sale.
Storm hit during the night. Some of the thunder and lightning felt like
it was hitting right on top of us. Hot
night again. You just sweat in your tent
until it really cools down around midnight.
Rain and lightning ended just in time for us to
get off on our ride. We slept in until
almost 5:00 and left about 6:04. Beautiful
sunrise over the lake. Had to ride out
of the park. Saw an armadillo cross the
road. Saw a lot of dead ones on the side
during the day. Went through Coyville,
pop 66; Benedict, pop 96 (Jack had to get a picture with the Benedict sign, his
middle name. Jack Benny?); Chanute, pop
8,738; Walnut, pop 219; and onto Girard, pop 2,710. We are in a city park again. Showers and a pool!!!!! A lot of these little towns have pools. God bless America. The people at the pool can’t do enough for
us. We usually have to register with the
Police when we get to the park. They
asked Jack if there was anything we needed.
What’s wrong with this picture? Are
we really in America? We had coffee in
Chanute. Gas station coffee but
good. We missed Jerry and he went to a
different diner. It was a combination
expresso/computer repair shop. He ended up taking a different route. On our
way out, we hit a “road closed” sign. We
had to walk our bikes through part of the construction zone to get back on our
route. Stopped to get walter at a golf
course. Lady there took our water
bottles, emptied them out and filled them with fresh walter and ice. Again, people couldn’t be nicer. Had lunch in Walnut. And then here we are in Girard waiting for
Clair, Jerry and Sue’s daughter, to show up to meet us and travel with us for a
few days. Pool feels great. Rode about 80 miles today. Temp is about 98. “Talking about a heat wave”.
Girard brought up more movie notes. Sam Girard (Gerard?) , played by Tommy Lee
Jones. Jack has not seen the Fugitive or
the US Marshall movies. C’mon Teri, let
this guy out sometime. Guess you are
too busy polishing your golf swing obviously.
Almost out of Kansas.
Although the wind has died down.
Missouri map shows a lot of up and down.
We’re not quite sure how bad it
is going to be. May have to put our
climbing legs back on.
Sue bought a walter melon for us tonight. Should be good. Pool open until 9:00.
Jeff, Jerry, Jack, and Sue
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