Day 18: We rolled out of bed at 0415- packed up camp- and threw the bikes on the Tahoe to set back out to the Highway. We got our tires down and moving around 6:15, which was pretty good considering that we had to drive 30 miles to our starting point. We rode east on Highway 400 past Fredonia and through to the intersection of 400 and 47 East. By divine inspiration, Ed’s stomach told him that he needed some snacks- and it’s there were the cashier told us that Highway 47 was closed down for a 21 mile stretch. We planned another route to Pittsburgh, Kansas by going south on 400 around Parsons which only added 10 miles to our day. 110 miles isn’t horrific, so hopefully we’ll be able to stick through with it this time and ride straight up to the hotel. The sun was blocked by a thick layer of clouds, which looked rather threatening to the hurricane/tornado prone Kansas plains. Gratefully, the clouds have held out so far, and we reached about 50 miles by 11:30. Right after our 50 mile break, the clouds opened up. It began to drizzle, and then around 65 miles we got to Parsons, where the weather turned way downhill. Thunder and lightning strikes weren’t few or far between, so we decided to bunker down at a nearby Best Western for the night around 70 miles.
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