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Ride past the Train
woke up in the mud; warsaw tire fix; rude copper; ride separate; Quincy bike shop; nice town square; Hannibal, over the river; Missouri; it's a we county! southerners; toothless man at gas station; old stone library; dinner at church; ride out in dark; find camp spot in woods near rest area; camp fire ...
Let's get back to camping
... do Drops of Jupiter live. It is 10:00 and it’s time to pack up and get going. I did shave this morning. Too hot to be growing fur on the face. More later. Headed off south east. It’s Friday so this is the 7th day of the adventure. Doing some major traveling now. Headed to Florida. Ended up in Wakonda State PArk. Unbelieveably hot at night.
Chow by ...
That's the Mississippi?
... and the ferry didn't have very far to go. The Mississippi, where we crossed up at Canton, was rather tiny. The flooded Missouri was wider. There was no "Welcome to Illinois" sign on the other side :-(
We had a difficult, hilly ride leaving Missouri. Scott and I decided to ride with the "A-Team" until the river since Dad was "taking it easy" to nurse his aching hamstring. British Jon, Gerard and Judy also rode with us. It was hard work riding with ...
Bremerton, WA to Quincy, IL
I live near Seattle, WA, but the plane was in my hangar at the Bremerton airport from where this trip actually begins. I left Bremerton, WA (KPWT) early in the morning on June 27, 2011 on a VFR flight to Quincy, Illinois,(KUIN) a little over 1450 nm away. I wanted to test the ferry tank operation, tank switching, fuel flow, and fuel quantity indicators on a long flight over land before ...
Three Significant Milestones
... cicadas in their millions and the dense woods that line the roads were full of the noise of them. Several whacked off my helmet! By the way, the forecast had the storms dying out just after sun rise and a slight tailwind, wrong on both counts so weather forecasting is just like UK.
Tomorrow we have the fifth of our century rides and this one ends in Springfield.
All the best,
Chris and Penny
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