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Day 40 - July 17 - Newton, KS to Eureka, KS - 74 miles Click on the thumbnails to view larger pictures.
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| We biked through the Flint Hills region of central Kansas
today, and had a look at what the first settlers saw when they moved
through this area more than 100 years ago. The one difference being
the large herds of buffalo that the settlers saw have been replaced with
cattle. Although the Flint Hills region is known for its rolling
grasslands, it is named for flint, a type of rock that is found embedded
in the limestone that forms the hills.
When settlers first moved to Kansas, many of them passed the Flint Hills by. They wanted good farmland, and the rocky soil was too hard to plow. Although the area is now used for grazing cattle, not much of the land has been plowed to grow crops, and the Flint Hills remain, for the most part, a natural prairie grassland. The cows that grazed on this natural pasture were our audience today. As we rode by they stopped and intently watched. It seemed as though they were cheering us on, a-la Tour de France. After arriving in Eureka at 1:00 pm, we checked out the town park for camping. The town pool was in the park and available for visiting cyclists to enjoy. It looked like the place to camp until we were told by one of the lifeguards that there was a pool party/picnic scheduled for this evening. It would start about 6:00 pm and last till ?. Carriage House Motel here we come. While in town Gary and Carol got hair cuts at the Hair Stop Salon while
Ron went to the library to read and send email. We met at the
library and went to the Paddock Restaurant for a fish sandwich and all you
can eat salad bar. Dessert was another half gallon of ice cream,
split 3 ways.
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