Pittsburgh, KA Starts time: 10:14 A.M. Distance today: 51 miles Average speed: 12.7 mph End time: 5:32 P.M. Top speed: 21.3 mph Temperature and weather conditions: Strong head wind form start to end. The wind was out of the East-South East. It was blowing at 20 mph with gusts too much more. The temperature was fine. We drank a lot of water during this battle with the wind. Total trip distance: 1,726.0 Miles (since start on April 2, 2000) Our route today followed Hwy. 400 through Parsons, KA. Parsons was torn by a tornado three weeks ago. The town was selectively demolished. On one corner a single building was leveled, yet the other three structures were untouched. Down the next block the roofs of three homes were taken off, but the houses were fine. The homes were not next to each other, but separated by a home. The devastation was close to what we saw in Charleston after Hugo. Parsons is a small town, but it seemed to take most of the day to pass through. The last town we travel through in Kansas, before we reach Missouri, is Pittsburgh - the town we’re in tonight. The cows we have enjoyed so much should be gone for a long time. This picture, hopefully, is the last of them for a long time. Danny and Charles both showered as soon as they arrived and took a short nap. They were worn out. Monday, tomorrow, we will be in Missouri. Slow progress is made each day. The effort today was much more than other days, except for the climb up Wolf Creek Pass. We hope the rainy front passes tonight and the wind shifts to a more favorable direction tomorrow.