day 39

we awoke hoping all of our stuff didn't get blown away by the wind. we checked our gear and nothing was gone so that was good. we packed up our gear and made a backpacker's pantry granola & milk with bananas for breakfast; it was ok, it is hard to get milk right if its not actual milk. i digress. today we go from kit carson to tribune about 80 miles and we will be leaving the colorful colorado and entering the flat, windy, bread basket of kansas. we passed through a bunch of wheat fields and it was hot. we eventually hit the border of kansas and colorado and we have to say that we are a bit disappointed with the lack of signage kansas; you could've tried a little harder. we took some pictures then kept going into the new state. not a lot happened on our ride to tribune but when we rolled into town we ate at a nice little diner with a colorful elderly waitress who chatted with us a bit. we met with another biker at the gas station who told us about the park that we could camp at so we headed down that way. there were 4 bikers already camped out (3 heading east, 1 heading west) and then there were some other bikers camped across the way at another park. there was a community pool next door that had bathrooms and showers for free and open all night; guess this is a common thing for kansas parks. we met lu and sue and jeff who were traveling together (jeff was solo and met up with lu and sue) then our gas station friend who has biked cross country several times. we chatted with everyone and swapped stories and tips. i took a chilly shower and got cleaned up before exploring the area; there was an abandoned amusement park with a ferris wheel and rollercoaster that i had to check out. i grabbed evan and we took some fun photos. we then wrapped up the day and went to bed.