The winds died down this morning and only became a factor for the last 20 miles. Coupled with a shorter distance, today was markedly better than yesterday. Leaving Great Bend, we traveled due east and began to see a number of wheat farms. Surprisingly in the second half of the ride the wheat farms gave way to a good deal of oil and gas activity. Underground storage facilitates and even a large oil refinery made entering McPherson look closer to Houston then what one would expect in central Kansas.
Coming into town most riders stopped for lunch at Braum's- a restaurant chain in this region best known for its ice cream.
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| Above: Wheat farm in Central Kansas |
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| Above: Not a NASA launch pad, instead oil and gas infrastructure outside McPherson KS |
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