{"id":653,"date":"2010-07-04T20:36:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T20:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseatpost.co.uk\/?p=653"},"modified":"2010-07-05T01:45:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T01:45:22","slug":"day-30-hesston-to-eureka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theseatpost.co.uk\/?p=653","title":{"rendered":"Day 30 – Hesston to Eureka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sun 4th July 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were first for breakfast today and eat as much as we could to give us a good start to the day. On the menu was cereal, waffles, muffins, pastries, toast, fruit, boiled eggs, biscuits with gravy and a good selection of drinks.<\/p>\n

Feeling quite full and a bit sick we got on the bikes to head off and stopped after 100 yds to put on our full rain gear. The rain today was heavy and did not look like a shower. So for the next 50 miles it rained really hard and everything got soaked. It was cool at least but it wasn’t the best weather for cycling especially as the wind was driving the rain into our faces. It felt like being in Oregon again!<\/p>\n

\"Putting<\/a>

Full rain gear today<\/p><\/div>\n

We felt quite sorry for the locals as today is the 4th July and many of the organised events would have been a washout, if they even went ahead with them.<\/p>\n

\"4th<\/a>

Damp Independence Day celebrations at Cassoday<\/p><\/div>\n

Twice today we were held up by railroad crossings which came down just before we manged to get across. The freight trains here are huge and one had four engines pulling the 96 carriages and it took an age to go by. We did get a wave from the driver though. In fact we get loads of people in cars, trucks and on motorcycles who wave at us. On the roads we are travelling you simply don’t see casual cyclists, they’re all laden down with gear and in it for the long haul, something the car drivers seem to aknowledge.<\/p>\n

We had another 15 mile section heading directly South and into the wind. It was just as much fun as the other day but we had no choice other than to get our heads down and just pedal through it.<\/p>\n

\"Horses\"<\/a>

Emily - this is for you xx<\/p><\/div>\n

The rain did ease at one point but soon returned to make it one of the wettest days yet. It wasn’t a day for taking photo’s so we have little to remember it by other than wrinkly hands and feet. We were also unable to buy food for tonight so we are going to Pizza Hut for a treat as soon as it stops raining and we can get there without getting our only set of non-cycling clothing wet.<\/p>\n

So all in all it’s not been the best of days but at least Chris has no more injuries to add to his collection and we are safe and well with over 2,600 miles behind us.<\/p>\n

Daily Mileage -87.2 miles<\/p>\n

Time in Saddle -7 hrs 47 mins<\/p>\n

Total Climbing -1,690 ft<\/p>\n

Miles to Go -1,727<\/p>\n

Banana update coming soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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