| First day of rain on the entire trip. Just amounted to some mist and drips only - never really even got wet. Good to be out of the sun! |
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This part of Missouri is absolutely beautiful. Reminds me very much of riding around Northern Virginia. Small roads, ups & downs galore, lots of twists & turns, and never on any one road for more than 10 miles or so (as opposed to Western Kansas where you could spend an entire six-hour ride on a single, dead straight, flat road).
| Cycling through the Ozarks in Missouri has been compared to a self-propelled roller-coaster ride. At one point today I hit 43mph on a downhill - then 30 seconds after bottoming out was in my granniest of granny gears going back up the other side! |
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| Amy visited Fantastic Caverns today while I was out pedaling. The limestone of this area is riddled with caverns. |
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Today was day #1 with dog-chasing to spice things up as well. Never had any hombres who wanted a piece of me - seems they all want to run along until they get pooped, then they turn around and go back to their yards (he says with fingers crossed!).
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