Old Longview Lake

Well, US 50 didn't get any better. It stayed flat and boring the whole way to Wichita, KS. I spent about 13 hours on the bike yesterday and may have done my highest mileage yet. I've lost track. This morning, however, I rolled 40,000 miles on my trip 😱😁.

I left the hotel at about 05:45, but forgot to change my GPS to Avoid Tolls. Since Kansas charges tolls on most of the interstates--how is it legal for a state to enforce tolls on a federal road?!--I wound up back-tracking several miles to go around I-35 🤬.

I planned the route to take KS 177 north to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve sign for Kansas' 50 Rides 1 Nation photo. They must have had a difficult time choosing this state's scenic ride. The only reason KS 177 is not the most boring road in the US is because it's the most interesting road in Kansas. It actually has a couple of turns in it and a few hills...um, a couple of bumps in the road that you can't quite see over. I can't wait to get out of this borrrrrring place.

Yay, now I'm in Missouri! Um, wait, that didn't come out right. Yay, I'm not in Kansas anymore!

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Day 156 mileage: 753.0 (total 39982.9)
50 Rides, 1 Nation: 1 (total 34)

P.S.: During yesterday's borrrrrring ride across Kansas, I passed a wind farm that had no less than 300 huge turbines. The wind was about 20 mph straight out of the south, giving me a terrible crosswind, but the turbines should've been trying to lift Kansas off the ground. Instead, only about 30 were turning. What a horrible waste.En savoir plus