We made it to Everton MO today. We are staying at a nice little hunting lodge in honestly the middle of no where. It is owned by a couple who moved here from Chicago. The hunting lodge is a wondrous place. It is filled with various souvenirs while catering to many cyclists. There is a Transamerica bicycle trail sticker on the door much like many other places, (eg Cooky's) signifying that we are not the only ones passing by. There is also a little book for us to sign, filled with comments from other cyclists. Although the location deserves the title of 'middle of nowhere' it is as the owner said, an oasis. He was also kind enough to let us drive his truck to get some dinner.
We stopped at Golden City, MO for lunch, and found a fantastic place called Cooky's for lunch, which has about 20 types of pies to choose from.
After that we got into the real Missouri biking, which is hill after hill after hill. For the rowers in the crowd, it is great interval training. You go up a 10 to 15% grade, which is short and intense, and get your heart rate up to maybe 95% of your maximum, then you have a downhill, and it all starts over. On one downhill I hit 39.4 mph without peddling! We are very glad to be out of Kansas. It is nice to have some hills and some more varied terrain to look at. The state of Missouri so far has been rural but very beautiful. We have some long days ahead, but will hit the Mississippi river in four days, which we are looking forward to!
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