Well, another new state! Seems they use both numbers and letters for the roads out here. Crazy! But it never gets boring seeing that "Welcome To ...." sign! Kansas was longer and a bit tougher than I thought it would be, mostly due to the heat, but the people there were some of the most friendly I've seen anywhere on the trip. Yesterday we arrived at our last city in Kansas and it felt very strange since it's called Pittsburg! (without the "h"). They even have a university called Pitt State. Last night we treated ourselves to an air conditioned movie at the local theater and then we all had dinner together at a Mexican restaurant - margaritas and all! This has been such a great group of people to ride with and I'm sad since today is likely our last full day together. Unfortunately, after the movie and dinner we had to ride to the city park and find a place to camp in the dark. Fortunately, we came upon a police officer who lead us right to the spot. Unfortunately, the bathrooms were locked. Fortunately, the local YMCA was still open and had bathrooms and then opened again this morning at 5:00AM. Unfortunately, it was the most hot and humid night of the entire trip so far so we were all feeling terribly sweaty and couldn't sleep well. This trend continued today and we were all just dripping with sweat. When we're riding at least there's some breeze, but when we stop it feels like standing in a steam room! Ugh! Right now we're at a library in the town of Golden City and about to head over to Cookie's Cafe. I've been hearing about this place for the last three states from west-bound cyclists and the pies there are supposed to be fantastic. I can really use it right about now. I'm almost dreading riding on this afternoon but now I have a deadline to catch a Greyhound bus in Springfield, MO for my flight on Wednesday from Kansas City. Hopefully I won't melt away before then!
Total mileage so far: 2,388
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