2000 Miles

BREAKING NEWS: Saturday Lunchtime, Belleville (Surely Belvoir?- Ed) Kansas.

CT & Bugs break the 2000 mile barrier for the trip & celebrate with, wait for it, "Lunch stop".

Who else could I turn to to mark this milestone than Ms Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30kXXTdmGCo

A 1983 classic from from the album "Learning to Crawl" ... apropos when one considers how the Lads will be moving around once this trip is over.

Here's the update from this morning for all you truckers out there...

" Thanks DC,

We'll ride easier with the Lukewarm confirmation.

We've met some great people along the way, many also doing variations of cross country journeys:

You might like to mention 2 other of the transamerica fraternity that we met recently.

http://www.Twobabesonbikes.blogspot.com

Molly and Stephanie gave us an unexpected lunch from their back up van at a deserted spot on Route 50 in Nevada a few days ago. We've just heard that they finished their trip going the other way from Boston to SF, so congrats to them!

The age of chivalry did actually die when Bugs took their sandwiches, drink and Molly's chair and sat and let Molly pump up his tyres. Of course their blog isn't a patch on yours DC...

Around the same time we met Jodie and Josh who are walking across America!

http://www.hugsforhumanity.com/

They are truly crackers - before their walk, Jodie actually drove through the remote parts of Nevada and buried water at 30 mile intervals along the route in case she got stuck!

We're making a dawn start now from Smith Center. Weather looks grim again but we're giving it our best shot.

Cheers for now,
Sumes"

For proof that they can make friends, see this picture> Nice of these two younger blokes to stop & check on the Lads. Note that the geezer on the left with the Chelsea away kit is riding some sort of foldaway bike - now that's impressive.