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 trip but ever.
Garnett to Colony
Colony Methodist Church
17.75 trail miles, 18.81 total miles
63° at 9 a.m. with a high of 73°
Colony
Again, hard time finding accommodations along the trail, and so far we’d been able to camp only one night because of the rain. But I emailed churches along the trail again, and the Colony Methodist Church and Pastor Dorothy Welch came through for us.
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Downers
Lisa:
- Feeling hurried all day to make it to Colony before the rain caught up
Marianne:
- Another cloudy day
- Another long day of mileage
Highlights
Lisa:
- Finding a possum skeleton
- Meeting rail trail boosters Donna and Cathy
- Meeting rail trail volunteer Tina, who takes care of landscaping at the Garnett trailhead
- Getting to Speak Cookies and Subs just ten minutes before closing and having the adorable Noah cheerfully make us sandwiches
- Church members Leonard and Debbie
Marianne:
- The trail was pretty in this section
- We had accommodations inside at the church!
- Sub sandwiches at Speak Cookies and Subs in Colony
Fast Facts: Colony, Kansas
- Founded in 1872
- Population 381 as of the 2020 census
- Considered part of Ozark Township
- Notable people: Dean Brooks, psychiatrist and actor, played Dr. John Spivey in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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