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Before we got started for the day we went back by the steak house for a hearty breakfast. While there we met another transamer who had started from Oregon. It turned out his name was also Mike, is from Brooklyn, is a software engineer like me, and has a Long Haul Trucker bike like Sarah. Since we were all going the same way we decided to ride together for the day.

Our destination was undecided, it would either be Leoti 82 miles away, or Scott City about 105 miles away. Not far into our ride out of Eads, we crossed the border into Kansas. About an hour later we crossed into the central time zone, denoted by a small blue sign. Sarah also made her first road rescue by moving a small box turtle out of the road.

In the end we all decided to end the day in Leoti. The other Mike has been doing mostly rough and stealth camping, so we tagged along and ended up camping in the city park. First we grabbed a decent Mexican dinner, and picked up a 6 pack of beer to split in the park. The park turned out to be a decent campsite despite some brief horseplay by some teenagers before we called it a night.

In honor of our entry into Kansas watch this video if you feel inclined:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0&feature=youtube_gdata