An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 27!
US-50, the best highway road in America: Salida to Dodge City… following the Arkansas River from the canyons of the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains.
We continue on US-50, the best motorcycle road in America!
Into Kansas, what would Emerson think of this this landscape? A reflection on the sublime, the Quotidian, the Divinity, and Purgatory
Oh Baby, what’s that smell?!! An introduction to Kansas Feed Lots….
Summary:
Date: July 19, 2014
Departure Location: 1310 U.S. 50, Salida CO
Arrival Location: 2800 W Wyatt Earp Blvd, Dodge City KS
Total Miles: 380
Total travel time: 10:37 hours
Total miles/total travel time: 36 mph
Number of States: 2 (Colorado, Kansas)
Number of Watersheds: 1 (Mississippi River – Arkansas River Division)
Stops: 3 (Pueblo CO (breakfast), Lamar CO (cold drinks), Garden City KS (gas))
Weather: Sunny, Hot AM, Sunny Hot PM
Temperature: 7:00 AM (Salida CO) 53 ͦ F, 12:00 Noon (Lamar CO) 96 ͦ F, 7:00 PM (Dodge City) 86 ͦ F
Lodging: Towne Suites, Dodge City KS
Restaurants: Denny’s (breakfast), Pueblo CO; Hickory House (cold drinks), Lamar CO; Dodge City Saloon, Dodge City KS
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