Garden City to Dodge City

Today was a short day. We had 51 miles of Kansas to ride through to get to Dodge City. The temperature was mid 60’s when we left Garden City and we had a slight head wind. We finished the ride at 10:30 AM so the temp increased to about 80. This was a nice change from the twin centuries with heat.


I took photographs of the predominate features of Kansas; crops, cattle, and grain storage facilities. We were welcomed into Dodge city by mounted cowboys coming right at us.

I’m very excited about the prospect of seeing an old friend from Kansas that I have not see since my wedding nearly 39 years ago. I have contacted him and we plan to meet when I stop in his hometown of McPherson on June 26.

Today I washed clothes, degreased and lubed the bike chain and gears. Tonight being in Dodge City we went to the Miss Kitty drama in town. It was a lot of fun watching the drunken cowboys come out of the saloon and carry out there act. Miss Kitty sang love songs to a couple of the guys in our troop. The leading cowboys did the same with some of the gals. It was a hoot.

Bob placed an entry on his blog to update us on his condition. He said he thought he hit a bump or hole on the shoulder that caused him to crash. He was diagnosed with a Basal skull fracture over his ear. He was in neuro ICU for close observation for 24 hours. Says he plans to see us when we come to his home state of Ohio. His sense of humor showed in his message as he described that much to his dismay his new Colorado jersey was destroyed as the emergency worker cut it off of him while attending him. It’s a great relief to hear that he is improving.