Saturday 6/26

Chanute to Eureka KS (63 miles). Here's a brief (but pretty accurate)
symbolic summary of the ride. Imagine that each letter stands for one
mile:

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[break for pecan pie w/ice cream and a cup of coffee]

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I found a bar in Eureka (pop 2,914) where a trio of west-to-east, self-
supported cross-country bikers -- mom, daughter, daughter's best
friend -- had already established a USA-Ghana World Cup viewing
outpost. We tried our best to cheer the lads to victory -- including
the time-honored techniques of (a) lots of beer, and (b) yelling a lot
at the tv screen -- but alas it was to no avail.

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