The human lied. The human said today would be a cross-town commute. Said it would be right up my alley….no gravel yet, but commuting was what I was made for. Potholes? Meh. Rough road? Bring it on. But….really…it was a pretty nice ride…well…except for that 13% grade with panniers heavier than when I had to haul the human’s 17″ “laptop” computer to and from work. Ooooffff…that was tough even for me. I thought the reason I got to come on this trip was for the gravel, but apparently, also for those heavy panniers. I’m promised they’re gone tomorrow and won’t be back until Saturday.
The ride today was from downtown Kansas City to the airport. We thought it would be busy but the infrastructure was awesome. We even had our own protected lane over the Missouri River. Very nice. Edwina tells horror stories about the scary ride after crossing the Mississippi and told me to be worried…but, nope….just nice riding on residential streets and in warehouse districts. Low traffic. And the segment on the bike trail was really nice…the human said it was almost nicer than Minnesota’s…I wouldn’t know.
Today was the first time I got to ride outside of the state of Wisconsin. So now I’ve ridden in 3 states..obviously, Wisconsin, but now Missouri and Kansas. Not bad for one day of riding. And tomorrow we head east on the Katy Trail.
Here’s riding in style from Kansas City to Clinton:
Travels With Edwina 