Bent County Courthouse in Las Animas. A fellow in Las Animas told me about the group of canoists he rescued from the Arkansas River. More accurately, the non-Arkansas River. They had set out from Leadville with the plan to canoe the entire river. When they arrived at Las Animas, the river was entirely dry, so this fellow arranged for a semi driver to load them all into his truck and give them a ride to Kansas, where the river was more reliably a river.

It was 100+ degrees and I was sitting in the shade when a woman wandered up and offered me a ride to Hasty. "It's too hot to sit in the shade, much less ride a bike," she said.