Nickerson, KS to Larned, KS

Wow, two updates in two days...a new Penn Ride record. We managed to find the public library here in Larned, so let me tell you about the last couple of days. Yesterday, Jerry and I had a great ride from Newton to Nickerson. We had read about a place called Daylight Donuts about 6 miles outside of Nickerson which was supposed to put Krispy Kreme to shame. Unfortunately, when we got there Daylight Donuts was closed (they close at noon), but we met the proprietor on the way out the door and he donated a half dozen leftover donuts to our cause. They were awesome, if you're ever in Heston, KS you should definitely check out Daylight Donuts. We also got some good business advice from the owner, "Location, Location, Location" and "Incorporate as an S corp". School might be over, but we're still learning things on the road. After our yummy donut breakfast, we went on to Buhler (anyone...) where we hit a great BBQ and Bakery and came across an establishment offering "Mules and Psychiatry". Though many people have called us crazy, we declined to seek psychiatric help. We then rolled on to Nickerson, where we stayed at a nice city park. Mapgirl and friends rolled in a few hours later, having gotten lost yet again. They are currently taking applications for a new navigator...

Today we had a pretty uneventful (i.e. really boring) ride into Larned. There were no towns or services along the whole 60 mile route from Nickerson to Larned, so we were stuck amusing ourselves by counting cows and sunflowers. We did run into another touring cyclist, which was pretty cool. He's going to be staying at the Best Western in Nickerson tonight, so we'll probably see him again tomorrow. Nickerson has a really nice pool, so we spent the afternoon playing in the pool and visiting the Dairy Queen.

Tomorrow we're headed for Ness City, KS. It's supposed to be hot and windy tomorrow, so we're planning to get started early. If we can find another public library, maybe we'll go for the blog update three-peat. In the meantime, keep in touch...

-Jon