Day 29-What a Difference a Day Makes

He said: Knew today was going to be the last day before a break day, so hoping we could finish out strong. The weather cooperated, a beautiful blue sky Kansas day. The incline is more pronounced now, which I like, because I can't see 17 miles ahead of me. Yesterday was all strong head winds, and today the only wind was usually a gentle cross breeze. Not enough to bother you, but enough to help keep you cool. Stopped at 2 historic marker rest stops. The more interesting one was about George Washington Carver, who homesteaded here prior to getting his college degree and Masters and heading Tuskeegee Institute, where he worked for over 40 years and had about 500 uses for crops. So, it was a great riding day. I actually passed a train (it was sitting still on the tracks) 111 cars long. Camping in a nice city park, and the nice Chamber of Commerce lady told Sharon where we could go swimming and take showers. So, life is good. Tomorrow is an off day. We are going to try and see some Buffalo and Elk at a State Park. 93 miles.
She said: Took a ride this morning around Lacrosse and then met up with Paul for breakfast. The road is long and straight, we don't take any other roads for the rest of this whole map, over 300 miles into Pueblo, Co. We finished the 5th map this morning (out of 12) and Paul has done about 2100 miles! I tried to take some pictures of the Great High Plains-but you need a panoramic camera to really capture what we are seeing. I can't believe how far you can see! Met 2 young guys heading west, one from Westport, CT and the other from Boston. They are staying in the city park in Scott City too. That's where we are tonite. The towns we have been going through are all small, none with a population over 3500, and they all have beautiful parks, schools, swimming pools and an active community. Doing laundry after a swim, showers, setting up camp and dinner, so we really have a whole day off tomorrow. Working in the libraries has really been great. They are all nice buildings, and the people who work in them are all friendly and very accomodating. They are always busy, with many people taking advantage of all they have to offer. A great way to see local tax dollars at work!

The skyscraper of the plains in Ness City, Ks.

That clump of trees is probably at least 5 miles away

Don't know what this is-wheat or sorghum-whatever it is there is a ton of it growing here. The county we are in has 90,000 acres of sorghum planted.