L.A. to Boston - May 10 to June 28 - 3415 Miles

Friday, June 6, 2008

Day 28 - Fri, June 6 - St. Jo, MO to Chillicothe, MO - 86 miles - 4900 feet climbing

After having storm warnings and a thunderstorm last night, today turned out to be a nice day for riding. We had tail winds for most of the day with some cross winds as we jogged towards the southeast. There were many Missouri "rolling hills" with some being short and steep - up to 14% grade.


Our first sag stop was in Maysville with a population of 1200. Each year that the CrossRoads Tour passes through Maysville, the DeKalb County Historical Society bakes up a storm and has homemade sweet rolls, peanut butter sandwiches, and ice cold water waiting.



All of the riders, wearing their CrossRoads jerseys, were stopped at the edge of town where we formed a parade and then cycled into town as a group.


We had a delightful time visiting with the local residents.


The table of home made sweet rolls and peanut butter sandwiches. The leftovers were even sent along with the vans to be used at our 2nd sag stop of the day.

The standing fellow was responsible for baking the sweet rolls. That is Brendan, from England, sitting beside him.
A herd of goats interested in the cyclists passing by.


A direct route to my home state of Iowa - just the next state to the north.


We did not linger long at this T intersection in our route. Left click on the photo to read the "Dysfunction Junction" sign.




Rolling hills of Missouri. That is Randy from CA up ahead.


A very small restaurant at Lock Springs, MO. Some of the riders stopped here for lunch.


A monument in Lock Springs to a former Missouri congressman.


The inscription on the monument is quite appropriate for the riders on this cross country tour.


Thanks to the Missouri Dept of Transportation for thinking of us two-wheelers!


Our destination for today - a long hilly ride, but fortunately we had tailwinds for most of the day.

Tomorrow, we ride to Kirksville, MO - a distance of 75 miles.

Bye for now and thanks for the comments,

Bob