He spotted some nice painting on one of the buildings heading out of town.
While the traffic on Highway 96 hasn't been too bad, much of it has been huge cattle trucks. Often they were empty, but still a pretty steady stream. We couldn't figure out where they were going until today when we passed several large feed lots. In Colorado when you go by them and notice the smell, you just remark that "it's the smell of money." With beef prices in the grocery stores now, there was a lot of money on this road!
Tobey took several pictures on his ride.
The wind turbines were all along the route today, too.
Before he got to Marienthal he saw this bicycler sculpture and saw the sign for the Country Oven Bakery. He planned to stop and get some fresh donuts, but they are only open Monday-Friday! Bummer.
We stopped in Leoti, Kansas for lunch and a break. Coming into town Tobey snapped a picture of this sign - he knows how much I love quilts!
He rode around town and spotted these quilt patterns painted on the buildings. I somehow missed them all! You definitely see things differently on a bike than you do in an RV.
The first part of the morning he had a tailwind, then it switched to a crosswind. The temperature was rising so he shed some layers before he took off again.
I hung out in Leoti and went to the Wichita County Historical Society Museum. What a gem!
The main museum collection includes an original 36-star American flag that is supposed to have a connection to Abraham Lincoln, extensive military memorabilia from the Civil War to current day, quilts, wedding dresses, and all things about the town of "Old Leoti" and more!
The uniform belonged to Quincy A. Whitham who served during the Civil War. Co. K, 12th Indiana Inf., August 1862-June 1865. Pretty amazing.
They had a large collection of wedding dresses dating from the late 1800s to modern day.
There were several rooms and I spent an hour. If you wanted to read all of the signage, it woud take much longer to go through. This museum has free admission but accepts donations which I happily left!
Tobey was putting the pedal to the medal as he was getting closer to the finish line! He said the wind had died down also, so that helped him power through.
Soon, the ride was coming to an end. We entered the Mountain time zone and said goodbye to Kansas!
This is supposed to be the Welcome to Colorful Colorado sign ... not sure where it went, but we are here!
While the traffic on Highway 96 hasn't been too bad, much of it has been huge cattle trucks. Often they were empty, but still a pretty steady stream. We couldn't figure out where they were going until today when we passed several large feed lots. In Colorado when you go by them and notice the smell, you just remark that "it's the smell of money." With beef prices in the grocery stores now, there was a lot of money on this road!
Tobey took several pictures on his ride.
The wind turbines were all along the route today, too.
Before he got to Marienthal he saw this bicycler sculpture and saw the sign for the Country Oven Bakery. He planned to stop and get some fresh donuts, but they are only open Monday-Friday! Bummer.
We stopped in Leoti, Kansas for lunch and a break. Coming into town Tobey snapped a picture of this sign - he knows how much I love quilts!
He rode around town and spotted these quilt patterns painted on the buildings. I somehow missed them all! You definitely see things differently on a bike than you do in an RV.
The first part of the morning he had a tailwind, then it switched to a crosswind. The temperature was rising so he shed some layers before he took off again.
I hung out in Leoti and went to the Wichita County Historical Society Museum. What a gem!
The main museum collection includes an original 36-star American flag that is supposed to have a connection to Abraham Lincoln, extensive military memorabilia from the Civil War to current day, quilts, wedding dresses, and all things about the town of "Old Leoti" and more!
The uniform belonged to Quincy A. Whitham who served during the Civil War. Co. K, 12th Indiana Inf., August 1862-June 1865. Pretty amazing.
They had a large collection of wedding dresses dating from the late 1800s to modern day.
There were several rooms and I spent an hour. If you wanted to read all of the signage, it woud take much longer to go through. This museum has free admission but accepts donations which I happily left!Tobey was putting the pedal to the medal as he was getting closer to the finish line! He said the wind had died down also, so that helped him power through.
Soon, the ride was coming to an end. We entered the Mountain time zone and said goodbye to Kansas!
This is supposed to be the Welcome to Colorful Colorado sign ... not sure where it went, but we are here!
Today's ride was 64.2 miles making the total for his 14-day journey of 847 miles! We loaded his bike and drove on to Eads, Colorado where we are spending the night at the library (with the Sheriff's permission). Tomorrow we will drive on home.
No comments:
Post a Comment