Day Four
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Lisa: We started our day with Marianne leaving her backpack at the Miller trailhead. Luckily Marianne texted our Miller friends Sandy and Clinton, who jumped on their e-bikes and brought it to us so we didn’t have to add another three miles to our daily total.
Set out on the trail at 9:23 a.m.
9.52 trail miles, 14.4 total miles
69° to start with a high of 78°
Miller to Osage City
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Downers
Lisa:
- We dropped in at the Osage Herald, hoping to get some background on the paper and town, but the employee had nothing to say to us. She must have been having a bad day.
Highlights
Lisa:
- We were invited to attend the Osage City Community Covenant Church’s women’s Bible study, and it was lovely–they were doing a study on how to worship and glorify God through art, which is right up my alley!
- The church paid for our dinner at El Ranchito.
- We got to see Dani and Colton of Osage City Hardware again.
- Glenda put us up in her gorgeous converted barn, and the church allowed us to store our strollers there.
- We watched A Complete Unknown at Glenda’s and stayed up way too late!
Water sources
- 4 miles east of Miller trailhead is Salt Creek
- Osage City has plenty of restrooms and water sources at various businesses
Photo Gallery
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