Lunch on the Santa Fe Trail
It was a nice day in mid-November and I had to eat lunch so a ride to historic Council Grove, KS was in order. I was accompanied by my good friends, Gary and Bill. We rode west to Eudora, south and west to Overbrook and then west through Burlingame to Council Grove. This town is located on the historic Santa Fe Trail and is rich in history ( http://councilgrove.com/ ). For lunch we stopped at the Hays House Restaurant. It was originally built by Seth Hays (great grandson of Daniel Boone) in 1857 ( http://hayshouse.com/History-Full.html ). It was built square with the Santa Fe Trail, which was slightly askew with the current Main Street so the Hays House is at an odd angle compared to the other buildings. We enjoyed a good lunch, gassed up the Goldwings, and then headed for home. We rode north to Alta Vista and west through the Flint Hills ( http://kansasflinthills.travel/ or http://www.naturalkansas.org/FlintHills.htm ), Eskridge, Dover, Topeka, Perry, Lawrence, Linwood, a