Sunday, April 17: Liberal to Greensburg, Kansas

Dick just called to say he did 107 miles today in 7 hours. So far the thunderstorms have not materialized.

[Added on to Monday] Mechanically, my bike is extremely quiet. When there are no other vehicles and not wind, you can only hear my tires on the pavement. Early today, there was a section of pavement that was incredibly smooth so there was almost no sound at all.

A very steady wind picked up in the afternoon. 90 degrees off my bow. From the south. A little tough going.

Today I starting thinking about what to do with my (our)16 ft O'Day Javelin sailboat. There are some toys that you easily get your money's worth out of them - like our canoe. Other toys were a waste of money. And still other toys that - well you are not sure they were worth the hassle. We did have fun with the sailboat but that was 15 years ago. I'm thinking the best thing to do with the sailboat is to repair the transom (a common Javelin problem area) and then take 10 or 20 days and sail it (always close to the shore) up around Cape Cod to north of Boston and then give it away. It would sure make good use of a southerly wind.