We write while being sweetly lulled to sleep by a guy who is jammin and twangin out some country music and some southern rock with an electric guitar and an amp at an adjoining campsite. It fits with the whole picture of Cross Timbers State Park here in Toronto, KS. Gimme two steps, gimme two steps good!
We muscled out 72 miles in some blazing heat, which according to locals is not at all hot for this time of year. Unfortunately the winds blew from the south today but we are hopeful they will change for tomorrow--we saw a flag blowing westward tonight!
Among today's events include an insect the size of a bird landing on Andy's back while riding. Stephanie heroically rode as fast as she could away from Andy in order to save herself. The insect cawed like a bird, I kid you not, brrrrkaw brrrrkaw. Guess they grow 'em big in Kansas. We had a lively game of categories (anybody who has spent extended time with Stephanie will have played this game). Category was 'Names of Songs' with the rule being you had to sing it loud. We had some good double-pointers with 'Witchy Woman' and 'Rockin Robin' along with Andy's imaginary 'Zulu Fight Song' (he couldn't think of a 'z') that went something like boom chucka chucka chucka boom chucka chucka chucka to the rhythm of his pedaling. Quite inventive.
We didn't know how far we'd get today, and when we got to this small town of Toronto, nothing was open and none of the soda machines even worked. We were starving and hot, and napped in the only shade for miles. Some of the townspeople took pity on us and told us that if we waited half an hour, we'd have some of the best pizza in Kansas and wouldn't you know, Courtney's Place opened and we have to say it was indeed amazing pizza and especially good malt shakes, served by Courtney herself. With our current serenade of 'Jeremiah was a Bullfrog' we are most definitely in Kansas, Toto!
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