by lshawker@gmail.com | May 27, 2025 | Prairie Spirit Trail Kansas
Day Six Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Lisa: Mistakes were made. Mostly that we stayed up listening to music and drinking Jack Daniel’s until about 5 a.m., something we hadn’t done since college (or at least since our 20s). Then we headed over to the Bijou...
by lshawker@gmail.com | May 26, 2025 | Prairie Spirit Trail Kansas
Day Five Monday, May 26, 2025 Lisa: We were going to get wet, so we rigged up our strollers so they were covered by tarps, put on our rain gear, and set out from America’s Best Value Inn. Iola to Humboldt Bijou Airbnb 9.45 trail miles, 12 total miles 59°...
by lshawker@gmail.com | May 25, 2025 | Prairie Spirit Trail Kansas
Day Four Sunday, May 25, 2025 Lisa: We woke to pouring rain after spending a pleasant night on the carpeted floor of Colony Methodist and decided to attend services after speaking to Pastor Welch. So glad we did! Colony to Iola Originally Iola RV & Storage, actual...
by lshawker@gmail.com | May 24, 2025 | Prairie Spirit Trail Kansas
Day Three Saturday, May 24, 2025 Lisa: We met two Rail Trail boosters at the Country Market in Garnett before we hit the trail. They were handing out paper flowers to shopper to commemorate Memorial Day. We were looking down our longest mileage day not only on this...
by lshawker@gmail.com | May 23, 2025 | Prairie Spirit Trail Kansas
Day Two Friday, May 23, 2025 Lisa: We looked forward to less mileage as we started out toward the rocky road from Richmond City Lake. Marianne: We didn’t eat before we left, trying to stay ahead of the rain. Richmond to Garnett Planned to camp at North Lake...
by lshawker@gmail.com | May 22, 2025 | Prairie Spirit Trail Kansas
Day One Thursday, May 22, 2025 Lisa: It took us longer to pack the strollers—we had somehow brought more stuff for fewer days (including spare tires and tubes that weighed a lot!) The sun intermittently shone, the only day that it did. We started out listening to...
