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Wednesday, August 06, 2008, Dighton, Kansas
Well, today we got up very late for us, around 10:00, but it was worth it. The bed was so comfortable; we just melted in the sheets. I let everyone sleep in. The weather looks the same as yesterday, overcast and windy blowing against us. Oh well. I’m not sure how far we’ll go today, but I hope we make it about 30 miles; we’ll see. This morning, Becky and I went to the store to buy more milk. Now I’m here at the library while the rest of the gang is packing stuff up at the B&B. I’ll continue this later....
Well, we made it to Dighton, Kansas. The weather was overcast most of the way, and, unfortunately, the wind was against us. All rode, which is always more fun. A truck driver who saw the kids a ways back from the rest, stopped and gave them some bottles of water and Gatorade. Nice. The hatch door on the van wouldn't open, so we decided to stop at Dighton instead of a town further on because Dighton was bigger, population 1,000+, than those which followed, and finding a reliable mechanic might be harder. When we arrived, we stopped to find a place to set up the tent and the city park was the only place. Because we had had bad experiences at city parks, we were reluctant, but the friendly guy at the store assured us it was safe. It was right next to the public pool, which was still open for another hour and a half, so we headed there to swim and shower. By the time we got there, they decided to close because of threatening weather; however, they did let us shower there for free, which was great, even if it was only with cold water. There was supposed to be a pretty good fishing lake only 9 miles away, so we went to try it out. We caught about 18 small perch and bass and kept only about half of them. After setting up the tent and eating fish and hot dogs in the park, we went to bed. 32 miles.