Missouri Rollers

We rode 88 miles today from St. Joseph to Chillicothe, MO and had "rollers" almost the entire day. We actually enjoyed the first 60 miles but after that the rollers turned into steeper hills. The day was very humid and toward the middle of the day the temperatures also got a lot hotter. The last two hours, we stopped to "wet down" every 5-10 miles or so and to take a break. Wetting down really does help with the heat.

Apparently, they have been getting a lot of rain in this area. We saw many fields that were partly flooded. Some of the fields were planted with corn already. Part of today's ride reminded us of riding in Lancaster County. But the rollers were a lot more frequent.

As you can imagine, we see lots of roadkill. The "captain" usually misses roadkill, but today I felt a bump and said, "What was that?" LaVern said, "Oh, that was an armadillo." You can be sure that's the first time our Co-Motion went over an armadillo. We also heard a lot of bobwhites, saw two red-headed woodpeckers and a wild turkey.

The monument on the picture has this quote, "Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true." We feel like we are putting forth a lot of effort to make this dream come true!

It was another good day for chocolate milk! Hopefully, by tomorrow we will feel recovered for our 75 mile ride. It will be our last full day in Missouri.