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![Railroad](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCydQwQMefJdLd93x2Ka_yMOPcll83id-am9ik_R4HB2k8lb_nB2ytj-O-8wWOHKgVEcleDqvvcd45U5k_GnHKf6jX838WX27lNtD_8JpP7XqiFxXOpMBkelellmRVSy4Bq2IJX60U8Be/s320/Picture+113.jpg)
So today we were out by eight am and made sweet time for the first 20 miles with no real wind to speak of. We stopped for a break and to take some photos out by a railroad track when a pickup pulled up and a guy called Jim Dillon got out for a chat. Jim owns a few hundred acres around that spot and was heading out to release a raccoon he had captured! I still can't get used to the way people here refer to them as 'coons' as for the non-English readers, that is a racial slur in the UK. Anyhow, we left Jim to carry on caging coons and headed for Pueblo.
![Foothills of the Rockies](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvTOuqVNIKSLyuXK1FD1ZI5vRNUq5TcXfrCpEZHwqP78Tl5lnbq8SDAQ22fmBv-iynFJRwakuLWe_Do7mjg3AIrCbHFK5JAs1yC1RMMSpyPrm8eRDPzanEFA4FEf86qRynsN_MeGjNHGQ/s320/Picture+114.jpg)
![Jim Dillon and Chris](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0-ATwHEemRaS5bgP6q_ZwUMyZVRCuRwXYThRDjP7Jijc4plJHTxRE1knZq3pUfD1cwE6UlB_1rLFCvBiiCySd5RyZxFfJx7YixGlrSTXCoFVbdWyrvRifijRGTVyO468cr61YqOsH_zT/s320/Picture+116.jpg)
![Rocky the Raccoon](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNWOavpfMiZGznDNGDLqw88tZ4KpHe_v5Sq1RYwhy1uArucPBEvJqal1JrhIybRdt9iQKBTD5xfDDhUexchv8w0qG7Siu_z_nLocBDT89P1cLxOKjJ2wUL6u9qtmhqd8BStmOs2nSdZPv/s320/Picture+117.jpg)
Another 15 miles or so went by without any problems when we met two riders coming the other way. They were Bill and Tom, a father and son from Columbus Ohio who were riding from Pueblo to Wichita or Kansas City (they hadn't decided yet). They had a cool stereo setup going on which must have given them some good music to accompany the ride. From there it was a short canter into Pueblo which with over 100,000 people is the biggest town so far. We headed up to our planned hotel (Days Inn with a pool and jacuzzi!). There were a few map reading problems but we made it to the hotel by half one then chilled for most of the afternoon.
![Bill and Tom](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJh0jRgFJf5hJX7lX9fRO_YIFVS31fZ4X-6yI1KnUHwOYmEF6eCo_Yo9nN4_Spr_mYTBgJClv_vbfnY7l2xHwccXPs5w81gMKKQhuVXopfHROEcn0savyokeeH1pP8j7pCpzZCzAIdduE/s320/Picture+119.jpg)
For the past week Chris and I have been planning a solid steak dinner when we got here since the food has been so poor on the road in Kansas and we weren't to be disappointed! A couple of 20 ounce prime rib steaks later and we were done so an action packed evening of laundry ensued before we go our separate ways tomorrow - Chris going SW towards California and me NW towards Wyoming. It has been great cycling through Kansas with Chris and I think we managed to keep each other sane through the seemingly endless identical roads through the state. The next rider ahead of me is a chap called Carl Carlsen who I keep hearing about and seeing his name in guestbooks in different towns. The last report had him 2 days ahead and so to catch him will be my motivation during the early parts of the Rocky Mountains which start tomorrow.
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