Day 23 Harvey County Campground (near Newton, KS) to Nickerson, KS 60 Miles

Exhaustion can be satisfied in different ways – see Jake in the gravel pile.

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High water, closed roads, flooded fields and overfull lakes and campgrounds. Notice the picnic tables at our campground in the water.

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Flooding everywhere one looks. Today we had to ride our bikes through this river of water pouring out of an adjoining corn field across the roadway.

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At our campground in Nickerson we met Ken and Jen who are traveling on three-wheeled recumbent bikes with much gear and a dog. They were very kind and shared their pavilion area with us. They are riding for a cause – organ donors.

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The city park, where we camped was great except there were no showers or hot water. We went to the little town and were about to go into the only diner in town, when a kind older, white-haired lady came up to us and asked if we were bikers. We answered in the affirmative.

She said follow me. We followed her into the adjoining building – the community senior center which was about to begin their weekly potluck buffet. We ate like kings and had wonderful conversation with about a dozen wonderful, senior citizens. Everywhere we go we are met with much kindness.