Today's Mileage: 60
Total Mileage: 2602
We started our day with breakfast at the gas station. While we were there, Debbie made friends with Bev, the nice lady who worked there. She was so excited to have cyclists passing through Iola that she contacted the newspaper to take some pictures and do a story on us.
We continued on our way, stopping at Uniontown for some ice cream. A few miles later, we arrived at Fort Scott, the site of a Civil War-era Union encampment (just South of Ft. Leavenworth). The town of Fort Scott was cute, but the cobbled streets were all torn up for repairs. We ate some lunch at a Mexican restaurant, which required at least an hour of lying around in the grass to digest.
The final twenty miles of the day took us over the state line to Missouri. The scenery changed abruptly: lots of lush green trees and LOTS of hills.
We made it into Nevada (believe it or not, pronounced Ne-VAY-da) in time to buy a ton of food, find a campground, and hop in the pool before it closed at dark. What followed was the biggest feeding frenzy I have seen so far on the trip. After dinner, we all repaired to our tents for some well-deserved rest.
2 comments:
Found the newspaper article online:
http://www.iolaregister.com/Local%20News/Stories/Passing%20cyclists%20find%20hospitality.html
JB
It took the Iola Press to get a mini bio... but I got and pictures to boot! Thanks JB for putting it out there for others to read.
Post a Comment