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Wutheringbikes Home -- TransAm Bike Ride
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Tuesday 20th July 2004
From Eads, not-very-econolodge to Ordway Bike Hostel - a grand distance
of only about 62 miles on route. Got off not too late - think it was about
8.15am, cycled to Haswell where we had a mid morning snack in the Park and
filled up with water. While we were there, Chuck and his daughter arrived
on bikes, heading East, hailing from Washington State. The usual exchange
of advice and experiences followed. Chuck encouraged us to play on the roundabouts
- rather pleasant silliness with all four cyclists getting dizzy on the
park equipment. The toilets in Haswell park are, err, not the sort that
you'd use without a very good reason, so we avoided them. There is decent
water though. Chuck recommended the coastal route to Seattle via Raymond,
etc. Helpful advice I think and indeed this was the way we got to Seattle
in the end. Headed on to Ordway, where we considered stopping, and did!
The library closed 15 minutes after we entered, sadly, so not much typing
done there. It's only open afternoons between 2 and 6pm. Ordway doesn't
have a swimming pool. Clearly there's not much public finances around in
Colorado for the finer things in life - how does Kansas manage to do 'being
a town' so much better when it comes to public institutions? Ordway Hotel/Bike
Hostel is nice, cost not too much ($30 for two people, each given their
own room which is more than we needed!). The liquor store sold a beer from
New Belgium Beer Company - called
'Fat Tire' - excellent beer after all that light fizzy stuff. Apparently
the beer was named after a bike tour of Belgium, sampling their finest.
Well, it certainly wasn't Belgian beer in the style of Trappist, but it
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