This country is beautiful

       Another sixty-six miles, hit the trail at 6:20, the heat cranked up  by 10:30 but the country roads we rode down were out of a fairy tale.  Mile after mile of rolling hills with crops of corn, green pastures, wooded areas and no cars or trucks.  From day to day, the landscape changes but not the quality.  America is huge, diverse and sensationally beautiful.  Each day I bicycle for hours surrounded by the most amazing landscape.

      Mary and Larry Wright have been with me for three days.  We arrived in Chanute today as the heat soared into the nineties.  I found a warmshowers just out of town in a very nice neighborhood.  Got my laundry done, had a superb dinner and will be sleeping in nice bedroom with own bath. These folks know how to do it.  Breakfast is being laid out with food for the road.  Life is good.

        Tomorrow will be my last day on the Transsmerica.  From Girard I had north for 115 miles to connect with the KATY rails to trail path.   I have researched the route, let's hope for the best.