Run to Olpe
My brother, Carl, had been unable to ride for some time so when he invited us to ride to Olpe, KS for a chicken lunch we were eager to go. Even though it was a bit cool. The weather forecast was for a temperature in the 40's when we were to leave and the high was supposed to be 57. The forecast was accurate - for a change. When we left Shawnee at 9:40am it was sunny and 46. Carl led us on back roads through DeSoto, Eudora, Baldwin City and Centropolis before we stopped for a bathroom break at Casey's in Ponoma. Chris and Marge kibitzing in Casey's in Ponoma, KS We were off again through Quenemo (boyhood home to a good friend of mine), Reading (where Chris and I did some work after the tornado there in May of 2011) and Emporia to our destination, the Chicken House in Olpe. Along the way we rode about 4 miles of gravel ( due to some bad route advice I'd given Carl ) just west of the Eisenhower State Park. Chris, Marge & Carl taking off the cold weather cloth...