mileage 299
total mileage 15,972
After finding our camp still intact Jerry and I had both realized that we never introduced ourselves the night before. After a short talk Jerry and I introduced ourselves and decided to ride to breakfast. After about 50 miles we found a McDonalds, the first possible place. Hwy 36 is nice and no traffic but very few services and most of the local cafes have closed down and there aren't very many franchise places either.
After breakfast I went to the Norton, KS library and updated my blog this included putting in pictures. Once again the laptop that I had carried all around the country would not work and I put it in the trash...sorry Dori. It wouldn't even power up properly. I was at the library a little over two hours and then was on the road again.
I stopped about 124 miles later in Bellville, KS for lunch. I went to enter my mileage in the log book....but...no log book. I had left it at the Norton library. My mind isn't working properly on this trip, which I'm sure nobody is going to disagree with. I was able to contact Mary and the library and she is going to mail the log book home for me...whew..once again I dodge the brain fart bullet thru luck. She also refused payment for shipping, handling etc.
I continued down us-36 until I came to the only original Pony Express Station at it's original location. The building has been restored.
In Hiawatha 3 people told me that I could go to the city park and camp...not true. But 10 miles East on us-36 there is the Brown Lake State Fishing Park that does allow camping. At no charge :) The fisherman are there until after dark and arrive early. But I was the only one in the park that night, neat.
Oh, I stopped at Wal-Mart and bought some heavy stakes, no more worry about the stakes pulling out in a high wind storm.
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