USA Coast to Coast stage 19 Dodge City KS to Great Bend KS

 140KM, 218M climbed, 5 hours 30 minutes 

Total 2,426 KM, 14,447M climbed, 99 hours 4 minutes 

After getting straight outta Dodge today was more of the same of straight flat roads and a strong side tailwind.

Today we went through the 1,500 mile mark and also went through a town that marks the middle of the USA being 1,561 miles from both San Francisco and New York.  We will pass our halfway point in 4 days time on the 31st May.

Some of the countryside reminded me very much of back home in Essex/Suffolk being flat/fields/trees.

We did climb a small hill which took us up to Pawnee Rocks which allowed for good views of the surrounding countryside.

We finished the ride in a small town called Great Bend so named because












it marks where the Arkansas River bends East.

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