Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Rolling Kansas Hills - Frankfort, KS (Day 25)


Greetings from Frankfort, KS! We biked 106 miles today from Lawrence, KS. We woke up early this morning to Jesse's lovely voice and we were on the road by 7:15. This morning's dedication was particularly inspirational to me. Clare dedicated her ride to Gabe, a 5-year-old boy from Paola, KS we heard about along our trip who just started his chemo treatment yesterday. I thought about her dedication and Gabe all throughout my ride.
The ride itself today was absolutely gorgeous. The day was mostly flat, but finished with some rolling hills. We spent the majority of the day on rural country roads with herds of cattle on either side. I rode with Alison and Mohammad and we successfully made it to Frankfort with zero flats! After having many many many hard days on the trip so far, it was exciting to have a fun, relatively carefree day to enjoy the scenery and spend seven hours on the bike. Mo and Alison kept the day interesting with tons of stops for pictures, including a stop by the Oregon Trail, and a brief few miles of Alison and I belting out pop songs. (Although I don't know if Mo would describe those miles as “brief.”)
Alison, Yogeeta and myself also spent some of our free time today rehearsing our hit single. We have formed a musical group entitled “Trapped in a Shoebox” to describe different experiences we have had throughout the trip. Look for lyrics to be up on the website in the next few weeks! The first annual 4K Talent Show is only days away, so we have been hard at work.
Upon arriving in Frankfort, we were greeted by Pastor Paul and members of the Catholic Church with a delicious barbecue dinner. (I myself ate three hamburgers, but was beat by James who ate a whopping four!) The gracious nature of our hosts never ceases to amaze all of us. As a storm approaches tonight, we all know we will be safe inside on the church property.
Hopefully tomorrow will be as relaxing as today was! It's time to go rehearse with Trapped in a
Shoebox, album in stores this September!
-Katie Biggart

1 comment:

Raffi Wartanian said...

sending my love from paris
raffi