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On Biking Across Kansas 2025 Day 4 we ventured from Osborne to Mankato, traveling about 102 km. That took us through Cawker City, where you must stop to add to the world's largest ball of sisal twine! You should avoid putting a nail through the sidewall of your bike tire near Waconda Springs, though. For those not on a maimed steed, though, this was the official BAK Century day (100 miles or 160 km).

You can view this ride in detail at Garmin Connect, Strava, or at Ride With GPS.

Each thumbnail below links to a much larger image of about 3 MB in size.


It's been a wet Spring.
 

 
Not your ordinary "electic fence".
 


 
This park in Downs includes a Sod & Stubble historical marker.
 

 


 
A cultural landmark (and my second visit)!
 

 


 

 

 


 
Up the street from the ball of twine.
 

 

Waconda Springs are now beneath the lake.
 
My tire's sidewall found a nail here.
 

 


 
Where the buffalo roam.
 

 


 
More ice cream in Jewell's Maag Memorial Park.
 

 


 
Wide-open central Kansas prairie.
 

 


 
At camp in Mankato...
 
...assessing the tire damage.
 

I brought a spare, so I swapped it.
 

 

 


 
Mankato's block party. There was beer.
 

 


 
They were raffling off the red FarmAll.
 

 


 		  

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