USA Coast to Coast stage 20 Great Bend KS to McPherson KS

 103KM, 197M climbed, 4 hours 17 minutes 

Total 2,529KM, 14,644M climbed, 103 hours 21 minutes 

A short day today of just over 60 miles saw us heading due East with a Southerly sidewind.  

Not many pictures today as scenery very much the same as previous days.

In this area of Kansas there are a lot of small oil pumps and also a lot of gas pipes.

As we entered into the town of McPherson I noticed an increase in the number of churches being mainly Methodist or Baptist.  I am told that this will increase as we head towards the mid west.

We have now had 8 days straight riding and I have cycled well over 500 miles in the last week and looking forward to a rest day in Emporia the day after tomorrow.


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