Rain Rain Go Away!

This morning we awoke to teeming rain! Apparently it had started through the night but I slept through it this time! The bike was soaking as there had been nowhere to leave it undercover. So we were not off to an early start, we studied the map book again and waited for a window of less rain......taking to the road around 10:30 in light rain. We must have looked quite a sight. I was wearing leggings under my jeans, tshirt, heated jacket and another waterproof jacket and blue oversized rain pants. Jeff was in his normal gear but had plastic bags over his boots that were taped to his legs! We were beyond caring about looks!    We could see ahead that the sky was blue and we headed for it. We were still in Kansas but heading for Oklahoma. The roads were pretty much our own and the countryside was green with some trees.
We were traveling through many small towns, none of which had a coffee shop or even a restaurant! Hard to imagine.  There was one burger joint but we decided to forgo it, not being able to face hamburgers before coffee.    Eventually my blood sugar got the better of me and we spotted a Mcdonalds in the next town, it was now nearly 2pm.   This place had no salads! We ate just to fill ourselves up. The girl serving us was grumpy, we were coming to the conclusion this was the norm, at least for Nebraska and Kansas. We are hoping Oklahoma will be better ! I'm starting to see why Canadians Are well known for being "nice"! It really makes one feel unwelcome and definitely not returning. We have always enjoyed the people in the west coast states and found them to be friendly and helpful.
Although it was early for us to stop....about 3:30 we decided after our horrid place last night we weren't taking chances tonight. There was a best western here in Grove and we checked in at 4pm, just in time for the warm chocolate chip cookies that most BW's serve everyday.
After relaxing and enjoying showers we headed out for dinner. The front desk recommended a place on the lakefront called the Parrot......yes, they had a macaw parrot in a cage at the front door, we could not get "Jake" to squawk.