Chanute, Kansas, to Pittsburg, Kansas -- 58 miles

We got up at 6 am and got on the road at 6:50 am. Biking was tough because of the serious headwind that pushed against us. We saw two clever church signs along the way – one said, “You think it’s hot here?”; the other said, “Exposure to the SON prevents burning!” Lenny rescued a turtle from being run over in the road. Lorraine wanted to know where all the live armadillos were, since we already saw several dead ones on the road. 

We arrived in town at 1:00 pm and stopped at the Tailwind Cyclists bike shop to have our bike chains checked; they were fine. The owner filled us in on the Tour de France; we found out that unless Lance Armstrong crashed, he would have his third Tour de France victory in a row. It started raining about 30 seconds before we pulled into the Holiday Lodge motel parking lot! We relaxed in the motel room, and talked to Lorraine’s parents on the phone. We told them about the past week, and that we averaged 10 mph today – Lorraine’s dad helpfully reminded us, “Lance Armstrong averages 30 mph!” We went to Wal-Mart to get camera batteries and groceries, then had dinner at Applebee’s and dessert at Dairy Queen. We watched an interesting National Geographic show about bears.