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Hosted three cyclists; Tobias, Toby, and Arthur, pedaling from Vancouver to NYC last night who found us via Warmshowers. Decided why not ride out with them for the first bit of their ride. Despite being insanely  hot I ended up joining their trip all the way to KC making for quite the memorable ride. Enjoyed showing them some landmarks and hopping around from greenway to greenway connecting the dots from Lawrence to KCMO. 
Even though I’m not on tour, riding with three lads in the midst of their’s, really brought back the nostalgia. Even got a dollar general resupply in. Such a wonderful energy bicycle tourists bring with them. 
Was going to take them to KC Joes since it’s typically the visitor go to but since Joes is closed on Sundays they got the real kc barbecue experience at Arthur Bryant’s (downtown of course). 
I’d warned them that east of troost isn’t the safest neighborhood to bike in but without doubt they knew it was worth the barbecue haha. After chatting I headed to my parent’s house while they split for Longview lake. 
Very impressed with the bicycle infrastructure improvements in Kansas City. Had a 2 way separated/protected bike lane all through kcmo and of course hopped on the og trolley trail back to Waldo and over to Pv. 
Funny this was only 65 miles. Felt like so much more with the drastic changes in scenery and such. Though the miles went by fast with good company. Also these guys are FAST on their 70 pound touring bikes. Easily hit 17mph on the flats consistently (got a lot of PRs so that’s kinda embarrassing haha)

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