It was another overcast morning as we left Sedaliea, Missouri heading for the capital in Jefferson City. Our 70 mile day was full of hills and v
iews of old large estates sitting on huge green farms with man-made ponds. I rode with Nathan who is from Missouri and he said there is a lot of old money in many parts of Missouri mostly because of the railway that used to run through Missouri as well as these large farm estates. We also passed through many tiny towns of 300 people or less, many of them seem about half abandoned. It is kind of creepy rolling through these tiny towns; it feels like we are trespassing or something. We were also chased by about 5 loose dogs today, Nathan said people around here just don’t have fences and let their dogs roam free. He also mentioned a lot of problems will come of neighbors dogs fighting to the death resulting in some sort of lawsuit.
iews of old large estates sitting on huge green farms with man-made ponds. I rode with Nathan who is from Missouri and he said there is a lot of old money in many parts of Missouri mostly because of the railway that used to run through Missouri as well as these large farm estates. We also passed through many tiny towns of 300 people or less, many of them seem about half abandoned. It is kind of creepy rolling through these tiny towns; it feels like we are trespassing or something. We were also chased by about 5 loose dogs today, Nathan said people around here just don’t have fences and let their dogs roam free. He also mentioned a lot of problems will come of neighbors dogs fighting to the death resulting in some sort of lawsuit.During the ride today we caught two of the crew guys sleeping in the van at a crew stop so we decided to get them good. We opened the door of the van and started yelling as loud as possible at these guys, trying to scare them. They were so freaked out they jumped out of the van and started screaming themselves. It was quite hilarious an
d even better to relive in the video we took of it. Arriving a mile from the capital we met up with the police who then escorted us into Jefferson City and the capital. Many people from the disability center greeted us as well as representatives from the capital. The media interviewed a bunch of the Missouri guys and then we headed for lunch.Lunch was sponsored by Richard Nagel at the St. Peter Catholic Church. They served us fried chicken, mashed potato, and biscuits a very hardy meal. We then headed to lodging at Lincoln University of Missouri where we stayed on the floor of their gym. After showering I headed with a bunch of the guys to the bike shop for some repairs an
d tubes. I had another flat today and have needed to repay other guys with tubes as well as stock up myself, I can hardly go every other day without a flat.Dinner tonight was sponsored by Jerry Dowell, a representative of the Pi Kapp chapter from University of Missouri. We had the typical summer bbq, burgers with chips and potato salad. Tonight I had to replace my clips on my cycling shoes so I can ride tomorrow and stay clipped in while riding. The gym is air conditioned so we should get a comfortable sleep; tomorrow we head for Union, MO.
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