Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Missouri...

We can't download any pictures at the very modern library that we are at now, so we'll just give you a brief overview of Missouri & do some real entries later.
Right now we are in Clinton, Missouri, not too far away from Kansas! We spent 5 full days of cycling & are taking a day off to let our rear ends recover. The past days of biking were on the Katy trail, which is a gravel-ish path. Though it was nice to be away from traffic, we're looking forward to being back on the pavement where our bikes will actually get some speed & won't be covered in muck. Our experience in Missouri has been very pleasurable. We met some really nice people along the trail, which I'll go into detail about later. After today we will head southwest for a few days, and hopefully meet back up with the Transamerica trail in 3 days somewhere in Kansas. Our goal is to bike longer mileage days in Kansas, though we have found that our optimistic goals usually don't pan out as planned. But hopefully with a little cooperation with the weather, we'll get tailwinds and be able to truck right along. We'll keep you informed!
On a side note, we really appreciate comments & e-mails from everybody, even though we aren't usually able to respond. It's a bit time consuming to try and find computers & internet, so we like the feedback when we do get it- So feel free to comment more people!

3 comments:

Annie Schrader said...

Okay, okay! Looking so forward to seeing you Ashleigh, and having Diane back! We had dinner out at the house last night and it was quiet. I felt sad leaving Mike...although the house looked good! I even checked the refrigerator, and it looked decent!

Kerry said...

REALLY glad you're out of Kentucky. That just sounded nasty. You guys are doing great!!!

Unknown said...

Sister! Good job! Nice writing too, it's fun to read. You guys are cruisin' right along now, good work. Make sure you take more pictures than you think you should (my big regret from our travels is not doing this).

Also, get a picture of you going off a jump with your trailer in tow.