Another late start. Got on the road at 11 and headed out of town. The rolling hills continued and after a little bit I made it to the town of Lawrence. There were tons of people downtown, all wearing blue shirts, I think it was parents weekend for the local college.
The town was pretty cultural and I found a Vietnamese restaurant for lunch. Halfway through my meal I got a call from the housekeeping at the motel I had stayed at last night saying I had left my wallet in my room. Shit. So I had no way to pay for my meal. Instead of setting myself back 3 hours I decided to call a cab company and convinced them to give me a ride without paying up front. I got my wallet, tipped the housekeeping, got a ride back to Lawrence, and paid my bill at the Vietnamese restaurant.
On my way out of town I decided to pop in a bike shop to see if they had a Brooks saddle. I missed the place and on my way around the block ran into another bike shop that wasn’t on the map. Turns out they had the saddle.
After buying and installing it, I decided to fill up my tires and promptly broke a valve doing that. Had to replace the tube which was a pain in the butt, and finally made it out of town after stopping for a smoothie.
I decided to stay in Topeka for the night, and the 30 mile ride felt pretty long, but I made it there a bit after dark.
Today’s mileage: 49 miles
Total: 1805 miles
Not many pictures from today, so I took some of recent bike upgrades. New saddle and I picked up some carabiners to attach my extra water bottles to the rear strap. Previously I would have to remove the strap to get to the water.
good news about the wallet find and trusting folks who helped you in retrieval!
we just got back from a few days in Mendocino and I am now especially noticing sometimes less than 6″ shoulder “bike lanes” with dropoffs below to boot! best of luck on your future routes!!! -Delia
P.S. liked the new equipment visuals too
Yes, I was very lucky the people who found my wallet were so nice, it could have gone a lot worse.
Hope you had a good time in Mendocino. That drive up the coast always makes me carsick.
We had a great time in the redwoods and on the coast. We avoided much of coast highway by taking 128 through Anderson Valley from and to 101 going up and back. That route offered a couple of fave wineries on way home plus a good produce stand. Nice!