Thursday, July 2, 2009

Rest Day in Carbondale, IL

July 1: 105 miles from Farmington, MO, to Carbondale, IL

How convenient for stuffing myself silly

My best Popeye pose

Welcome to Illinois

Crossing the Mississippi River from Missouri into Illinois

A wild turkey in Missouri

A brewery in St. Genevieve County, MO


June 30: 115 miles from Rolla, MO, to Farmington, MO

Ceiling decorations at the great restaurant/service station in Bixby, MO, where we had lunch

Larry and his gallon of iced tea (between lunch and water bottle fill-ups it was gone)

A little ice cream for dessert




June 29: 40 miles riding East from Marshfield, MO, followed by "The Frank Trail" north to Rolla, MO

Frank, our savior!



June 28: 122 miles from Pittsburg, KS, to Marshfield, MO

Jeff Joyce, a friend from high school who I found while crossing a bridge under construction in Missouri (his blog is zoobikes.blogspot.com)

The Ozarks begin

The huge pie selection at Cooky's...I'm hungry thinking about it

Welcome to Missouri


June 27: 125 miles from Eureka, KS, to Pittsburg, KS

Plate #1 at Chinese buffet

Plate #2 at Chinese buffet

Plate #3 Chinese buffet

A celebrity autograph in the guestbook of the Rosalia, KS, restaurant
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June 26: 130 miles from Nickerson, KS, to Eureka, KS

The hills are beginning to form

Marshy eastern Kansas

The cup says it all


June 25: 127 miles from Ness City, KS, to Nickerson, KS

Hedrick's B&B and exotic animal farm in Nickerson




June 24: 104 miles from Tribune, KS, to Ness City, KS

The Frigid Creme next to our hotel

The little black dots are bugs on my arm. I learned to that the day will be fine so long as I keep my mouth closed when riding past the cattle farms.



June 24: 104 miles from Tribune, KS, to Ness City, KS




Entered the Central Time Zone when crossing from Greeley County to Wichita County in Kansas

The Greeley County Medical Center, where Larry was treated for cellulitis


More pictures from the June 23 rest day in Tribune, Kansas

The Horace Greeley Museum in Tribune (the town was named after the New York Tribune, founded by Horace Greeley)

1 comment:

HermanoStephano said...

OMG Charlie, that is a most eceptional accomplishment/feat to have done. Wish i could could have been out and about on my bike this summer (its got bad tires, uh, figures)
Looks like a great way to travel!