Stuck in a Hut – Rest Days 2 and 3

Sunday 5th September and Monday 6th September

Despite our best efforts we were stuck in Larned for both the Sunday and Monday of Labour Day weekend.  All of the bike shops within a 100 mile radius were closed until Tuesday and public transport appears to be an entirely alien concept to the people of the Great Plains.

Consequently we spent our enforced double rest-day coming up with plans for getting to a bike shop when they re-opened (plans included hiring a 26-foot long moving van from U-Haul and driving to the nearest bike shop), writing the blog (but failing to post it due to technical issues with posterous), watching television (in particular the first series of “The T.O. Show” a reality TV-series about the life and loves of controversial NFL wide-receiver Tyrell Owens) and eating more meals in Pizza Hut than was either healthy or decent.  We did wander into Larned again on Monday but everything was closed, save for the grocery store and we could still not find a way into the Bat Cave.

Our three evenings and two days in Larned covered the full gamut of emotions: joy, frustration, excitement, anger, amusement and even a touch of heartache.  Nonetheless, despite all of our efforts, we went to bed on Monday evening unsure of how we would get the bikes back into a fit state for riding the following day.

JBS