10 days, and I’ll be headed across the desert grasslands of Colorado and Kansas with my buddy Dave on our bicycles. Exact route TBD as we go, but we’ll try for something more than 800 miles in 8 days. I’m really looking forward to some quiet and close time with this land that was once the northern reaches of the great Comanche nation – a land rich with a magic of place through many stretches.
The first day we’re hoping to do our first double century (200 miles), assuming the wind gods are kind to us. That day we’ll travel close to (and cross many times) the old middle route of the Santa Fe trail. I’ve hunted birds in that country in the fall before, and am looking forward to the time there during the peak of summer. That day we have 75 miles between civilization in a couple stretches, so we’ll be packin’ enough water for 75 miles in blistering heat.
More on day 2 and beyond later.
