Fruita, CO

Mike the Headless Chicken was the center of our ride today. Lindsay (Dave & Edie's sports daughter, which is a whole story) told them about Mike since she's from Fruita. Then Dave & Edie tried to explain the story to the gang, but they didn't believe this. So the gang Googled Mike and read up on him. At that point, it was a goal to get the full experience. Especially since we were riding through the city to meet with Bill & Retha Byers (Lindsay's parents) for breakfast.

For those of you who will not click on the link, Mike was to be dinner and had his head whacked off. But they left enough of the brain stem that he did not die. He lived for almost 2 years without a head. He was feed with a dropper. Mike eventually choked on a kernal. Or something really close to that. The main point is he lived for a long time without a head. And now the city has an annual festival.

This is Edie and Dave standing next to the Mike the Headless Chicken statue

Bryce, Dave, Bill, Edie, & Retha

So Bill (who was unaware of the T-shirts and a little embarrassed about it) called the Chamber and found out they had T-shirts at City Hall. He led us there, found the right people to talk to, and then we searched the inventory.

And this is what a T-shirt looks like. Our loved ones will be seeing these close up.