Today was one of the most beautiful days-a brisk day with not a cloud in the sky and wide open prairies where the horizon stretches on forever.
We started off our day biking through town, which was a better start to a day then others had. We passed this crying teenage girl outside of her car getting talked to by a cop with an entire fence smashed in beside her-hey, backing up is hard! We then visited Fort Larned, where the park ranger Betsy gave us a brief history lesson of the nearby Santa Fe trail, which was primarily used for international commercial trading purposes. Once sufficiently sated with cultural knowledge, we continued our trek through the milo fields and ate lunch at the only joint around for miles. We knew we'd like it when the menu stated: 'we are not responsible for the flavor of any meat cooked medium well or well done.'
Our penchant for ice cream at the end of the biking day certainly led us in the right direction today. We stopped in small Ness City at the Frigid Creme to enjoy our shakes, and wouldn't you know it but Connie at the window offered to let us camp in her backyard and use her showers! This was a much better option than the showerless City Park where we would face a stinky night together. We palled around with the sheriff while eating ice cream with him, until he was called away to go see about some cows standing in the road. Evidently, putting the police siren on from behind while honking is the tried and true method of getting the cows to move. Connie has been so lovely and hospitable-cherry pie this evening and pancakes tomorrow morning! Score!
Food for thought as we leave you this evening: is the real test of friendship hucking a loogie huge enough to name (Louie the Loogie) and spitting it onto your bob trailer where it stays frozen for miles and then being able to laugh about it all together?
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