Frank’s Coast to Coast Ride for Justin – Day 23, May 19
Editors note: the following is shared from Frank Watson’s blog at: Frank’s Coast to Coast Ride for Justin
ABILENE, KS – Today was a good day. Not a great day. Just a good solid day.
Today’s goal was to position myself to be able to make it out of Kansas on Friday. The trick today was to navigate the various route changes through Junction City and Manhattan, Ks. Fort Riley’s military base sets square in the middle of the route and is a challenge to transit. And yes I screwed it up! Ended up on a dirt road for about 4 miles that ended with carrying my bike through a field and up a hill, over the guardrail to a four lane highway that I rode for 9 miles!
I only ended up with 62 miles today, but that’s all I needed to get me within 83 miles of the border. Threat of rain in the distance made the choice of where to stop was made easy.
Now some suggestions to you if you ever run into a biker a a restaurant or gas station etc.
Did you ever watch an old western movie where the cowboy walks into the saloon at the end of the day, dirty, sweaty, and tired looking? Well that’s the biker at the end of the day.
You should just treat him like a stray dog. Be nice to him but don’t try and hug him. He may just bite. No matter what your opinion of his endeavor, don’t Say “wow that’s nuts” or “why?” – if he has to explain it to you … you still wouldn’t understand! And whatever you do don’t say “wow, you got a long way to go huh”! Yes I do and I don’t need you to remind me.
Hope for good weather tomorrow after getting out of Kansas I can almost see home.
Remember to say a prayer to Justin, & please take time to go to the bone marrow registry site & sign up! Deletebloodcancer.org
Follow this journey on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/frankscoast2coast4justin
And on Instagram at:
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Donations may be made by visiting:
https://www.gofundme.com/rideforjustin
For more background information on this effort see our earlier story at: Canton Man Riding Coast-to-Coast for Justin Kline
