Monday, June 14, Day 39
Newton to Sterling, Kansas (64 miles)

A little nightmare of a day. It rained Saturday night into an almost all day rainfall on Sunday. So, we leave Newton with overcast skies and remaining drizzle and occasional steady rain.
The route we’re following was fine until we got to an area where the road was closed because of high water that made the road impassable. While on the detour, we have to make a second detour because of a bridge out. We were able to navigate a dirt road for about five miles until we were able to hook up with our original route. This was not a fun thing to do.
Back on the route was a pleasure…paved roads and not a lot of traffic.
We stopped for lunch in Buhler. It was Ferris’ day off.
Then we were off to Sterling where we would be spending the night tenting in Sterling City Park.
We had the luxury of a pool, a hot shower and a bathroom.
It’s those little things in life that really make a difference.