Day Thirty Four

We had another good day today! We rode 81 miles from Dodge City, KS to Lakin, KS.

We woke up and headed to a gas station after packing our things up. We ate breakfast on the curb as per usual.

We made it to Cimarron, and decided to get lunch since we figured we would find much between there and Garden City. It's a good thing that we did. After our Subway sandwiches we were back on the road.

The next stretch was a little slower than we would have liked. You know when there is construction and the road looks like a cheese grater went over it? Yeah, the road was like that. For about 15-20 miles. Luckily the tires held up, and eventually the road was good again.

We made it to Garden City and scouted the McDonald's to get more smoothies. During our (refreshing and delicious) break, we looked into the Fouth of July celebration in town. It turned out that the fireworks were cancelled due to fire concerns. Bummer. So since we weren't getting a fireworks show there, we decided to keep on going.

On our way, we passed a Mustang on the side of the road, with no one in it. Peculiar, but hey. A few minutes later, the car pulled up beside us as the women in the passenger seat took pictures of us. We chatted for a minute and eventually both pulled over to exchange numbers. Wolf (he goes by his last name) is from Germany and lives in Hollywood. We think he said something about being a writer, but his accent was pretty thick. We exchanged phone numbers and Facebook info and got another picture with his... well, either young wife or daughter, we're not sure. He told us we should call him when we were in LA and we could "make party in Hollywood." He said they wouldn't be back to California until the 25th, so it's not looking promising, but who knows. At least we have an invite in Hollywood.

We're staying at this park/fair grounds/golf course place. We can see fireworks in about three different areas, with a few stragglers off in other directions. I just built a shower out of a hose and a fire-pole on the playground. It was cold, but actually worked better than I had planned.

Tomorrow: About 80-90 miles down Rt. 50, crossing into Colorado and getting another hour!