Everything felt refreshed and ready to go, and then came the first 50+ miles. They were all due south, and that meant that old SSW wind was ready to greet me another day. By the time I made it to Council Grove, I was feeling worn out again. Good thing is, at Council Grove I started heading more to the east. That means that old SSW wind gave me just a little break. Here's hoping it continues to blow in that direction, or possibly more out of the west.
Just outside of Manhattan there is a tallgrass prairie called the Konza Prairie (pic below).
Council Grove is a fairly good size town. There, I got on the Flint Hills Nature Trail, a rails to trails path, and I plan on staying on it to it's termination point in Ottawa.
A little Wizard of Oz reference outside a store in Council Grove.
Below are some pics of the scenery from the trail today. A lot of prairie.
After I left Council Grove, I went through Bushong (pics below)...
Allen (pics below)...
and then Admire (pics below).
In Admire, there was a cafe named Last Chance Cafe (pic below). I guess it was given one last go (thus the name), and didn't make it. The 3 vehicles sitting in front of the cafe appear to have been sitting there awhile.
I'm sure all 3 of those towns had their heyday when the trains that were running on the railway that I'm now riding on were still in service. After the trains quit running, they probably dried up quickly.
I'm camping at the Admire City Campground. I called the city to ask about tent camping there, and the recording on the answering machine said, "You have reached the City of Admire. Please leave your (unintelligible) and message and we will contact you on the days we come in." I have no idea what days that would be, but I highly doubt one of them would be Friday afternoon. So I just pitched my tent and am acting like I'm supposed to be here. So far, so good.
Total miles today: 71.3
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