Great Bend, KS

I'm on the west side of Great Bend, home of Jack Kindle, the 2000 recipient of the Nobel Prize for physics, taking my daily afternoon break, today at BK. I've already stopped at WalMart, stocking up on apples, bananas, oranges, and beef jerkey. Though I value small privately owned stores, the chains of WalMart and Casey's have been key to the trek.

The camp in Lyons last night was good. After I pitched my tent a gentleman who lives next to the park stopped by and we talked about Buffalo Bill's well nearby. He told me about friends of his who back in the day had made similar trips. He left, I went to bed, it rained, I stayed dry.

Employees at Kansan Casey's are good natured people. They let me sit out front, fill my bottles, and in general loiter. On a trek like this I guess you have to be comfortable with loitering because when you stop you need a good 20-minute rest. A casey's store is a good place to loiter.

I hope Larned has a public camp site similar to Lyons. Larned's where I'm headed. The wind's still from the south and HWY 56 turns SW outside of Great Bend.

But so far no rain today. No storms. No tornados.