Howdy All!
Yep! Kansas is rubbing off of me! I am becoming a country farm girl by the minute! NYC is just a distant memory!!! :)
My ride started off the beaten track. Me and a few other fellow bikers decided to go to the historic area of Garden City, KS. It turned out to be quite interesting. We looked at the oldest home in Garden City, which was originally the home of Buffalo Joe. I still have no idea who he is, but someone decided to build a cement looking type house outside of the the original house which stands inside. I found that quite interesting, but don't quite see the purpose of having done this. Hey, what can I say?
In the downtown area of Garden City there were red brick roads. (Now we know where they got the idea of brick roads in The Wizard of Oz -- they just tweaked the color).
We then took a picture of the old hotel in Garden City. It closed nearly 30 years ago, and was open back in the late 1800's. While looking at the outside of this hotel, we bumped into the vice-president in charge of the restoration of the hotel. Tours are not open to the public, but he offered to give us all a tour. It was quite interesting to see all the history within the building!
I also found it quite unique that in Garden City they have music playing in the park and throughout the town with a stereo speaker system. And, they have public radio/weather reports playing overhead a sound system at the reststop approx. 22 miles outside of the city.
The trip from Garden City to Dodge City involved more wheat and corn fields. Norb pointed out a few horses to me but I otherwise just kept my eyes on the road due to my phobia of fields! There was a point of interest marked one mile ahead...some who road thought it said a "scenic overpass".. the jury is still out what the sign said. The view, was of a FEED LOT!!!! Can you believe that? A feed lot where they will torture poor cows is suppose to be a point of interest for us???? There were nothing but fat cows waiting to be turned into hamburger!!!! :( So so sad!!!!
The ride got better as we entered Cimarron, KS. It is a cute little quaint town. I also remember having had a roommate from this town! Here we stopped at Clark Drug, ice-cream and soda parlor. It is on the corner of main street. I had the BEST chocolate milkshake there! If you all ever drive through Cimarron, KS, be sure to stop at Clark Drug. Apparently Oprah passed through this cute little town with her best friend Gail when she took a drive across the country. When here, she had some sort of sherbert mixed with a Sierra Mist. They now call this the Oprah special. People from Cimarron were not too impressed with Oprah. According to one source, she refused to use the restroom at this ice-cream parlor because there was not enough security!!! She also complained of how bad Kansas smelled. (Really, does she not remember where she came from? Does the south really smell that much better than Kansas????). Okay, I am done Oprah bashing! Personally, I thought Cimarron was cute and quaint!
As we were on our way entering Dodge City, we saw more of the Santa Fe trail, and supposedly could see the groves in the field from the covered wagons from way back. Well, they are suppose to be there. I found the ones from yesterday easier to see.
Dodge City, KS I have learned is where Doc Holliday and Wyatt Erp were from. Other bikers here could not really find a lot of historical marks or museums which surprised many of us.
Inside the hotel, Dodge House Convention Center, there is a saloon. I took a picture of the bar which has a real bullet hole in it! (Hey, I told you, I am turning into a real country girl!), and had a few drinks there in the saloon! Afterwards we went to a place called Montana Mikes Steakhouse for dinner....(I had the salmon)! There was a little concert in the park that we all went to afterwards. We also took a quick look at the old train station.
K, in a nutshell, that was my exciting day in Kansas! It is still nice and hot. Tomorrow is a longer ride, 86 miles. We are going to Great Bend!
Adios! Meiri.
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