| The town of Cassoday doesn't have too many people but it has trains which run through the town every hour and when they are a block from the city park, they blow their whistle, which almost flaps the walls of the tent. There is a rail road crossing by the park so they blow that whistle for a long time. The trains came by all night. I ate breakfast at the cafe, which was closed yesterday, and the people asked me how I liked sleeping by the train tracks. They said they are used to it and don't even notice it. There was an old guy in the cafe, who has a habit of ordering his food then remembering he left his teeth at home. The waitress brought him a set of those yakkity teeth in a box. He took it all in good humor. |
| Kyle and Sarah are the only cyclists I met today. They are from Covington, Virginia. They are retired and decided to ride their bikes across America in their first year of retirement. They did a couple of pretty good rides in Virginia to prepare for their cross country trip. They have been married for 38 years. |
| It was foggy today until nearly 11:00 AM. It was windy and I thought it was strange the wind didn't lift the fog earlier. I know I made a big deal about how flat Kansas is. It has gone from being flat as a table top, to rolling hills, to this. |
| For those of you who have followed my trip, you might remember Mrs. Gorp and Stumpknocker. I met them in Yellowstone National Park. A friend of theirs, Lee Perry, has informed me they have finished their trans America bike ride and have decided to ride their bicycles back across the United States along a northern route! |
| I met the lovliest young lady at the laundry mat tonight. Her name is Beth and she is a student studying Elementary Education. She just got married and her husband is studying Physical Education. She just bought a house here in Eureka which has five bedrooms and two bathrooms. You won't believe the price she paid. It was $18,000 ... not $180,000, but $18,000. That is incredible. She was painting inside and that is what the white dots are on her. I hope they both have a lifetime of happiness together. |
