Thursday, June 10, Day 35
Pittsburg to Chanute (58 miles)

Today, Steve was like a kid waking up on Christmas morning and seeing tons of presents under the tree. His elation this day was the first “Starbucks” in 1,600 miles. The Super 8 we stayed at has courtesy coffee in the lobby, but Steve passed in anticipation of a triple venti latte. The big moment came at 7am when the store officially opened. Steve was in his happy little world for almost a half hour.
Our ride was very nice. Winds were from the south so was pushing our left side as we headed west. Our first stop was in Girard where we had our second breakfast. We stopped at a little farmer’s restaurant nestled in an old town square that was well manicured.
The owner of the restaurant was a sweetheart. We requested an opportunity to sign her bike book, but she didn’t have one. She did when we left and our group was the first to sign.
We passed through Walnut (population 221) and we blinked and almost missed seeing the town. We headed into Chanute and located the local Super 8 that would house us that night. Our original intention was to camp out but the threat of really bad weather convinced us to seek shelter for the night. It definitely would not be a fun tent night. Check out the Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Museum
http://www.safarimuseum.com/their_story.htm