Tuesday, August 7, 2023
Wymore Nebraska to Leonardville Kansas
We had a long day ahead so we wanted to leave at 7. I took some stuff out to my bike and noticed Kay's back tire was flat. We quickly got it changed, found the sticker, and patched the tube. We had coffee and a little breakfast then still left by 7am.
We really enjoyed getting to know and staying with Mike and Carol Braun. Hopefully, we'll keep in touch with them and also their friend Sherri Ottersberg.
We finished riding the Chief Standing Bear and Big Blue River Trail into Marysville where we toured the depot and had 2nd breakfast (I had cherry pie since i already had 1st breakfast at Mike and Carol's!). And... we are in Kansas!
There is a Pony Express museum that looks worthwhile to visit. I'll have to come back.
We had decided last night to modify our route to stay off of US77. So we went west out of Marysville in search of a road we thought was paved. It was not. We ended up going to KS148 (Hanover Road) then south to KS9 then back east to Waterville on US77. This added about 12 extra miles. But, it was pretty.
We had lots of hills to climb today and a bit of a headwind. About 6 miles after a water stop on KS148, Brenda realized she had left her water bottles at the gas station. Kay let her have her spare. And at the next water stop in, yes, Waterville, Brenda bought a couple of water bottles and I filled my empty thermos with ice water for anybody who ran out.With our extra miles and long bills, we finally made it to Kay's sister's house on Green-Randolph Road near Leonardville around 430pm.
75.6 miles
1,962 feet climbing
Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/2GAua6WR6Bb
Relive video: https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvyoJEW346
Tomorrow is a short day.
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