Start location: Farmington
Start State: Missouri
Start weather: warm
Total millage so far: 1403.16
Finish time: 10.58
Finish location: Lesterville
Finish State: Missouri
Finish weather: Hot
Miles today: 43.25
Total millage so far: 1446.41
Today's top speed: 42.6
Today's average speed: 15.0
Music played:
James Brown - 40th Anniversary Collection
Jazzie B Presents Soul II Soul At The Africa Centre
Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene
Blog:
So here I am again, another camp ground,
another small town writing yet another blog entry. We have a lovely river just across the track a
few meters away from my tent. Problems
with the tent though, one pole has snapped and it seems like we are camping on
solid rock an inch below the soil as all the pegs are now bent! I wish I had the energy to go down to the
river, but all I wanted to do is sleep. I wonder how I will look back on this in say,
another 40yrs time. I wonder how other
people are interpreting this too. Are
there people, who like me last year, were following and reading other peoples
blogs to give me inspiration and the courage to take on a trip like this? I do hope Jack & Alfie are reading it,
laughing at the things which happen and taking an interest in where I am and
the things I see and do.
So what did I see and do today then. Well, we all thought the dogs were behind us
in Kentucky, but no. There were loads
today coming out and barking at us with many still trying to chase us
down. Some respond to simple shouts,
while one pack of 3-4 were much more aggressive and had to be tooted at by a
oncoming which nearly hit them and squirts of water from the water bottle, which
really worked! Lots of wild tortoise
too slowly crossing the road, some really small babies, others looked much
older. I wonder how many make it across
to the other side safely. Lots more road
kill on the roads, perhaps I should run a competition by taking photos of them
and asking you to work out what it was before it meant its sudden death. Some are split up into many pieces though.
So we set off early at about 7am again as
it is getting so hot now, even before 10am it was in the 80s in the shade. Not sure what it is now and its only
1pm. The real heat seems to hit at 4pm
though. Just woken up after a little
nap, 14.22. So so hot, sweating like a
pig in the tent. Not much
happening. At the service station where
I picked up some more crazy junk food was a guy who had been fishing in the
Mississippi earlier. He had caught a
load of catfish, one of them he pulled out was over 50lbs! Next door was a hunting type shop, check the
pics. There doesn’t seem to be as much
poverty here as what we saw in Kentucky either, still, there are loads of yard
sales, more today as it is Saturday.
Also loads of antique shops and flea markets. Not sure if they are real antiques as the few
I have been in have been more antique style!
I’ve touched on the “style” thing before. Still, I am doing very well at
not stopping at every single one as I would back home, or if I were not on a
bike! Dam that bike, still, it is saving
me a fortune. Maybe I am learning
something here! All these yard sales are
maybe showing me that its not worth buying more and more tat! That we don’t really need all that crap, just
the basics. That way you wont get in
debt like so many people here seem to be in.
All these adverts trying to sale you crap, just resist. I saw some bad adverts the other day at the
hotel. Reverse mortgages, basically
taking out equirty out of your house.
The advert was pushing this by saying you can spend more!!! Amazing, go
on more holidays, buy more junk etc etc.
Why the heck do that! Arghghg it
drives me made. So, maybe I wont be
buying more tatt because of this trip. I
may become tighter then a tight Scotsman lol.
So, now, I am sitting on the rocks with my
feet in the river, very cooling indeed.
Sweated tons in the tent, so this is much better. Could do with some lucazade though as not feeling
100% with his heat and all the exercise I’ve been doing. Maybe some jam donuts instead would
help. Is there a DQ around here??? The hills have been pretty tough, but not
overally hard, more fun and enjoyable as there are some nice rollers! Some really steep drops like a roller coaster,
great fun indeed. Again, the last day or
so of riding is very much like going down to Brighton. I know I bang on about it, but that and the
ride to Whitestable are pretty much the only training rides I do, but yeah, the
terrain is pretty similar. Lots of
steep climbs and fast downhills. Lots of
fat Americans floating past and setting up camp on the other bank, fab. Just listening in now so give me ten mins
lol.
That’s better, a nice afternoon sitting in
the water and reading. I missed out on
the rubber ring rafting thingy, which sounds like it would have been a good
laugh, what with the drunks, loud music, fighting and water moccasin,
lovely! Lol. Nah, it sounds like it was a right laugh. Still VERY hot here, but thunder is
promised. If the tent will stay up, is
another question altogether. Time for
another nap before dinner I think!
The
scenery is definitely changing, it is very noticeable to what we have seen
lately, the trees and general ground is different, very rocky.
50lb cat fish
todays lunch
A shop for every growing all american boy
Nice tan
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