Riding Till the Cows Come Home

Our biggest fans are cows! Seriously! We share the Refuge Ride project with the many cows we ride by along country farm roads. We ring our bells, tell them what we are doing and invite them to join us. They often seem more interested than people and stop what they are doing (eating) with grass hanging out of their mouths and turn their heads to follow us as they watch us roll out of sight. They are not enthusiastic but very attentive!

We recently had a few days riding the Katy Trail in Missouri. It was fun to be on the same route as Lewis and Clark and Daniel Boone. It was slightly encouraging that as slow as we travel on unicycles, we still made faster progress than these guys sailing upstream on the Missouri River. We almost ran over two pretty brown snakes along the trail and learned later that they are very poisonous copperheads. So thankful for God's protection on all terrain.

Riding in Kansas has not been boring. People are on a mission to get from there to there and slowing down for unicyclists on the road is not on the agenda. We've been shouted at to "Get off the road!" more than once in KS and someone even called the police to complain that we were on the road and people were having to slow down for us. Officer Akers was very kind when he pulled us over and we had a nice chat with him as he did his duty checking us out and helping us find a different route around a busy construction detour.

Leaving Lawrence KS was entertaining as a spry photographer from Lawrence Journal-World jumped out from behind bushes to snap pictures of us with his big camera then had us pose for some shots he took while laying in the road. We were relieved he didn't get run over and impressed by his ability to turn photography into an athletic sport!

We recently added a Donation Honor Roll page on RefugeRide.org. Check out the growing number who have donated goods and services to help keep costs low on this cross country journey. We are so thankful!