Day 38: 115 Miles

Well yesterday we ended up staying in Newton again to give the bike mechanic time to clean and tune up our bikes. The bike shop/hostel had a super nice bike wash station and our bikes look and feel like new! 

So today we made up the miles and put in our longest day yet: 115 miles. We lucked out and had an abnormally cool day in the 70's with a bonus tailwind most of the way. It was awesome. 

We are staying in the Larned City Park which doesn't have showers but does have a small water park which Dylan and I utilized. One thing I have noticed about staying in these small-town parks is that they are well used by the community. We regularly see people staying at these parks as late as nine o clock! I suppose I found it surprising considering that most of these towns hardly have a thousand people in them. 

As we approached Larned, we passed a mass-production cattle feed lot. Up until that point, we had only seen grass fed cattle grazing in large pastures. The feed lot was huge, filled to the brim with cows, and pretty much looked like they do in those PETA videos. The stench was putrid. It was god awful. As we passed through historic downtown Larned, I couldn't help but notice the odor lingered and pervaded the entire strip. 

We'll be in Colorado in three days or so. Hell yeah! Oh and here are my top Kansas albums:

• George and Jonathan III by George and Jonathan
• Cydeways by The Pharcyde
• Skylon by Ott

- Chris