We had so much fun at the library yesterday that we decided to hit up the one in the next town this morning. It had a clubhouse in the middle of the kids' area that was just the right size for August. He loves stairs, and he enjoyed going up and down and up and down these.
He wasn't sure what to think of the dinosaurs he found at the top. We read "If You Give a Dog a Donut", which I thought was humorous. Maybe someday I will add it to our home library.
After a lot of fun there, and a bloody nose from a little guy bumping his nose on the floor, we changed and headed towards our next destination. A few observations from today's drive: Kansas farmers are really committed to putting Bible verses on signs alongside their fields. I probably saw 8 different farms with this today. The rest of them had pro-life signs. Also, the posted speed limit is 65 on most country roads, but the accepted speed seems to be more like 80.
Finally, I realized today that we spent part of yesterday and part of today in one of the most famous fried chicken regions in the country. Chicken joints around here are plentiful and Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's have been duking it out for best fried chicken around for decades. The Travel Channel even came out and did a special on it one year. I'm not a fried chicken fan, but I am a little bummed that we didn't make sure to have Chris try some.
We met up with Chris this afternoon in a tiny place called Toronto. We got there about an hour before him, so we had plenty of time to explore. This small town is probably the most depressing we've come across so far. It has a nice big wide, main street with dozens of storefronts, and literally every one of them was out of business except for a lone liquor store. I was ready to leave by the time he arrived.
He had been planning on riding another 40 or 50 miles after meeting up with us, but it had turned into a pretty hot day and he had gotten there later than he'd estimated. Since he'd already put in 105 miles, he decided we should probably stick there. So, we drove a couple miles down the road to Cross Timbers State Park, which is on Lake Toronto. It's the weekend which means that campgrounds are fuller than other days, so we were lucky to get the last RV spot here.
After the breakfast for dinner we cooked up, we took the bikes out to explore the park. There are cabins you can rent right on the lake here, which I bet are wildly popular. The lake has a beach for swimming, but unfortunately was closed as the lake has been flooded. All of the roads near the lake are covered with debris left behind from high waters, and a campground worker told us they've been busy trying to get it cleaned up for the 4th of July. We rode up the big hill at the entrance to get a better view, and it didn't disappoint. It's a beautiful lake and park.
We also happened upon an awesome playground, and August got in some evening sliding. We're all going to try to call it a night early to be ready to take on the day tomorrow!
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