Hello from Garden City, KS everyone!
Yep, I am in Kansas. I survived my first day through! I know it is such a weird fear I have of open wheat and corn fields. I took a few quick pictures. Today was another hot and dry day. The morning however, was a little cooler than yesterday. We went through a few very very small farm towns. I find it very interesting that people actually live here. It is so far removed from my reality in NYC. A farmtown with one restaurant, a gas station, a school, and a grocery store that is closed.
People here are very friendly. They wave at you, even if they don't know you. I was a little thrown off by this when it first happened at a gas station/convenient store in Syracuse (that would be KS, not NY!) It is funny to see some reactions from people when they ask where we are headed, and where we come from. It is also funny to see, that for the time where we were seated having our drinks and snacks, that there were four cars parked in front of the gas pumps. Everyone was inside socializing during their lunch break. I had asked one man, who moved to Syracuse from Las Vegas a few years back, what the population of this town was. The answer: 1200. It was a very interesting town.
Somewhere between mile 50 and 103, the day just was long. I think I was tired from yesterday's 120 mile ride. I was rained on for about 10 miles, which actually cooled us down, and there were some headwinds, but nothing really to complain about. I finally made it though! On the way we saw a few of the historic markers of the Santa Fe trail, one which we could still see the 4 different grooves still in the hills. It was pretty cool to see, and interesting to learn once again that this was at one time the Mexican/US border.
We crossed another time zone today as well, so I am now on central time. I am so happy that tomorrow I can sleep in! Breakfast is not until 7, and we don't load til 8 am! What is even better is that tomorrow is only a 51 mile day! Our destination is Dodge City, KS. Me and a few others are thinking of getting t-shirts made while staying there. We'll see.
More pics are on flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/meiri-bikeacrosscounty/
That's it for now! Adios! Meiri.
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