46 mi from houston to eminence, mo; total logged miles 2416. The combination of steep ozarks hills, very hot and humid weather, and nasty logging and construction traffic make this part of the trip the hardest. At the end of today's ride I climbed the 500 foot hill out of alley springs to descend into eminence and that was exhausting. Richard talked to two young men coming from the east and they also were spent.
Eminence, on the jack's fork river, is an old-fashion resort town that specializes in guided rafting and canoeing.
I'll probably take a rest day here and wait for mike who is still a day behind me after recuperating two days in ft larned, ks.
I stopped at the eunice, mo, post office and mailed my bike cable, padlock, and a shirt ahead to bill and ann, another in a series of steps to lighten my load.
Right now there's thunder, lightning, and rain in eminence, month.
(image of eminence from http://michaelokeeffe.blogspot.com/)
Pooped Haiku
ReplyDeleteLong journey up hills
Body given all it has
Stop, breath, relax, sleep.