Kansas...take me away

It seems that we cannot get out on Kansas.  The men keep telling me one more night but that last night in Kansas just doesn’t seem to happen.  They did 100 miles today with the wind and heat advisory and we still haven’t crossed the state line.

Eureka…..We pass through Eureka.  I had intended to take a picture of Jerry with the City sigh but that just didn’t happen.  If you remember Eureka was his trail name on the AT. 

We had d’do the laundry party’ Monday afternoon.  Nothing too exciting, just a lot of bubbles and spinning.  Last night we stayed at a County Park outside of Newton KS.  It had a nice size lake, a few blue heron and some cranes .  There was only one other couple in the campground so we slept without the rain fly.  No storms, only stars and WIND.  This morning I got up with the guys.  The sky was pink and we all know – pink in the morning, sailors take warning.  So I packed up some of the tent got dressed and fell back to sleep for a couple of hours.  The storm never did happen but there was another heat advisory issued for today 101+.  I checked on the guys a couple of times.  They all made it okay.  Jerry again took his time and pulled in somewhat later than Jeff and Jack but, you know, in the long run he is not as winded as they are and seems to have more energy in the evening.  Guess he knows what he can do and how best to do it.

Tonight we are at a State Park (movin’ on up).  Again there is no one here.  That equals no rain fly.  However, they did warn us about the rattlesnakes and copperheads – oh, joy!  We just ate out at a place called the Hilltop Café.  More than anything we needed to be out of the heat.  There are showers here.  If you look up while taking a shower you’ll notice that the color is sky blue.  Literally!  Off to sleep with the cicadas singing their little hearts out.   Oh, joy!