Day 3

Note for day two, mileage was 427
Day three total is 380
We woke up in Topeka this morning. Altogether not a bad stay. The campground left a little to be desired but it wasn't that bad. We were braced for rain because it was forecast for a 60% chance overnight. We didn't get it. The temps weren't bad in the morning. It was actually fairly cool, in comparison to what we've been dealing with anyway.
I didn't get any pictures, and I should have, it seems Doug was adopted by a goose! She followed him up to the showers and ran, wings spread, at a kid who's path was intersecting Doug's. Definitely should have gotten a picture of that. She stood by his tent and made quiet cooing noises while he was getting up in the morning. It was really kind of sweet. Doug's goose, yeah, should've had pictures.
Before we broke camp we decided to make some coffee and tea for a wake up. Those pocket rocket back packers stoves are the berries. In just a minute or two we had enough hot water for all of us. After coffee we packed up and were on the road again.

We rode a few miles to Burlinggame KS and stopped at the Sante Fe Cafe for breakfast. 

Nice little place in the center of town right across from the newspaper office.

By the strange little tree man thingy.

Breakfast was very good. I like the Mom and Pop little local diner/restaurants. They're always interesting. Sometimes the foods really good too.

After a hearty breakfast, it was back to the bikes for another few hundred miles. We left Burlingame on Rt. 4 west/99 north. We weren't expecting much from the drive across Kansas except for a long ride. We were surprised by the views along 4 and 99, it was really a very nice ride. Very scenic. 

We stopped in a little town to gas up and waited for a train to pass on the way out of town.
What the picture doesn't show is the Rt. 4 sign 50 yards up the road to our left....this side of the train. Oh well it was neat to watch the train pass, then turn around and go the right way.
We did get to see the train drop gravel to fill the bed next to the tracks. That was kind of cool.




Oh well, that's what we're out here for, to see new things!

At this point I really need Dougs camera because he's got some pictures pertinent to the days travel. So I'll stop here, post and continue in the morning. Meanwhile I'll post a few of the pictures of us setting up and settling min before they told us the tornado warnings were on for the area and we needed to move to a cabin.