Rode 66 mi today from pittsburg, ks to everton, missouri; total miles 2236. About 15 mi before everton the terrain abruptly became hilly and the angle is often steeper than with mountains in the weast...I guess the ozarks and appalachians are geologically older and more eroded.
Had breakfast and a piece of dutch blueberry pie at cooky's cafe in golden city. The waitress insisted I sign her "biker book"--she says she has a stack of three-ring binders collected over the last seven years with cyclists' stories and autographs.
I've been warned several times by westbound riders that missouri drivers don't like riders and take dangerous risks...
I'm staying the night at a hunting lodge that doubles as a bike hostel in the summer. The owner, a retired PR guy from illinois, says it took ten years before the locals at the gas station down the road to invite him to participate in their friday lunches--people here like their isolation (going back generations) and probably don't like it when wierd looking people on bicycles roll through town.
Richard the PE teacher showed up again--at the hunting lodge--and said he got sick back in chanute. I'm glad to see him.
I expect tomorrow to be a hard riding day.
(Image of Everton Mo from radek.com)
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