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Day 5 took us 69 miles to Arkansas City. The day got off to an amusing start with the discovery that we had a high-wheeled penny-farthing rider on the course. The town of Caldwell has a colorful wild-west shoot-out history told on a series of markers downtown. Near Drury, down a sleepy old road, is a neat old mill dam. Finally, I got to see the Arkansas River with actual water in it. That's not true out around Dodge...

My complete GPS-mapped ride report for BAK Day 5 can be read at Garmin Connect.

Each thumbnail below links to a much larger image of about 4.5 MB in size.


Wheat. Lots of wheat.
 

 
The high-wheeled penny-farthing.
 


 

 

 

The high-wheeled penny-farthing rider approaches.
 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 
The Chikaskia river, which we crossed thrice.
 


 
Difficult to see here, but a set of giant wind turbine blades passed us.
 

 


 

 
Oversize load making the turn into Caldwell.
 


 

 

 


 
Caldwell has a colorful history on display downtown.
 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 
Old mill dam in Drury.
 

 


 

 

 

My faithful steed on the bridge over the Chikaskia ouside Drury.
 

 

 


 

 

 

Goodies at a SAG stop. I recommend the bananas and animal crackers.
 

 

 


 

 
There's water in the Arkansas! Who knew?
 


 
Downtown Ark City.
 

 


 
Another steam locomotive. I can't pass these beauties by.
 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 
The two velomobiles on BAK parked together.
 

 

Band concert in Ark City.
 

 
One of several street sculptures in Ark City.
 
 

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