Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!

This IS Kansas, Dorothy. In fact, we're in Liberal, Kansas, home of the Wizard of Oz museum and Dorothy's house. The road we came in on is officially the yellow brick road. However, we chose to visit the nation's 7th largest aviation museum, right here in Liberal. It was really cool, with about 80 different aircraft in a huge space. Who would have thought all this was in Liberal.

On our way to Liberal, we passed through Hooker, Oklahoma. Here is the chamber of commerce building.

They sell every imaginable play on the name on t-shirts, coffee cups, etc. One of the women on the tour was wearing a t-shirt tonight that said "support your local hooker". I thought about taking a picture with her and posting it here, but thought Peg might misunderstand during our fifty day separation. Guess what the high school team name is - the Horny Toads. You gotta love it.

We only rode 40 miles today. Winds were favorable and road was flat (again). I'm hoping this allowed some recovery for the tough four days ahead.

Here's a really boring video from yesterday, but it gives you a good idea of the land we've been riding through for the past few days.

As Ty, a native of West Texas, pointed out, if you stand on your helmet you can see for 20 miles.