July 11, 2013
Shout out to Joanna Von Handorf for sending out bread for
our dinner last night. Good shtuff.
This morning, we left around 5:40. Got to see the sun rise during the early stage
of our ride. Saw some longhorns on the way
out. Hookem’ Horns. Made some turns on some strange roads. 590th Avenue, 200th
Street. Strange numbering system out
here. Later on in Missouri, it was A and
K Roads. We went through Pittsburg
early. Three Rivers Stadium was
brilliant. Just kidding. Pittsburg had a pop of 20,233. Looked like it may have had minor league
baseball. Had coffee in Golden
City. Pancakes too. Waitress offered to fill water bottles with
ice and cold walter. We were at Cooky’s
Café. Cooky passed away about 10-15 years
ago. Nobody could agree how long
ago. They were making pies out the
wahzoo. I’ll bet they had 15 different
flavors of pies. We considered getting
one but didn’t think it would be able to fit in backs we had. Moved on and went through Pennsboro and Everton,
pop 319 and ended up in Ash Grove, pop 1,472.
Pool and city park wit showers again with an added bonus. They have a house on the grounds for
bikers. AC and no tents tonight. Hooray!!
Everybody got back safely again, thanks to all your
prayers. Clair has offered to cook
tonight.
So we have crossed into the Mizzou state. We are not in Kansas anymore. Roads have been a mixed bag. Some good pavement, no shoulders. We are on roads less traveled, so it makes
sense I guess. Hills have been not too
bad. Headwind a lot today. But cooler temps. We are confused why we are going east and
very seldom experience a tailwind. Maybe
tomorrow.
Guy in the café warned us that we may begin to see more
dawgs. Have seen a couple that chased us
but no real dangers. All rat dogs and
today, a lazy St Bernard. Supposedly, Kentucky is the worst for
dawgs. Sue bought us some whistles. We have talked to other bikers coming west
and they suggested air horns or whistles.
We’ll give it a try. One group had a rider get bit in Ky.
Did about 80 miles today.
Clair brought some replacement tires with her for us. Probably going to switch those out tonight.
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