The fog was so heavy that the windshields were completely soaked while riding and our pants were soaked from the knees down. I had to ride with my face shield up looking over the windshield. My biggest fear was deer but thankfully there was very little traffic and we could drive slow. This section of US 50 out of Dodge City was really wide so if a vehicle came up behind us we had plenty of room to move off to the side and let them pass. The sun couldn’t poke through the fog until 8 am, over two hours after Sunrise.
The weather forecast called for it to get hot into the 90’s quickly today but there was a huge storm ahead of us that formed over Wichita. We stayed just behind the storm most of the ride and it stayed overcast and the temperatures were very pleasant. We managed to stay out of the rain as well. It didn’t get hot until we crossed into Missouri about the last hour of our ride.
There still wasn’t anything on the eastern side of Kansas to take pictures of but it was a lot greener, more corn than wheat, lots of irrigation and lots of combines.
The roads on this trip overall have been really good. There were definitely rough sections on Rt 66 but that was expected since it was decommissioned in the 80’s. But overall, I have been impressed with the roads. PA has one of the highest gas taxes and some of the worst roads. They need to manage their funds better!
There was a great bar and grill within walking distance of the hotel. The appetizers were huge.
To date, we have had no issue finding hotels or places to sit down and eat. A couple times we have ate outside by our bikes because they only had takeout but that has been very few times and one of those was McDonald’s for breakfast. We actually have had the most issues finding campgrounds open. We haven’t camped near as often as we planned. We will get to our Missouri house tomorrow and we need to decide if we will just let the camping gear there to pick up when we come back in the vehicle. It’s a lot of stuff to carry to not use.
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