Friday, June 8, 2007
The Ladies of Maysville
We had quite a treat this morning. The Ladies of Maysville, Missouri gave us an amazing welcome.
Each year they host a special sag stop in front of the Dekalb County Historical Society. The riders all met as a group and rode into town together. A small crowd of locals were gathered downtown to cheer us as we arrived. Babies in strollers, retired folks sitting in chairs, and families all greeted us as we rode in. The chief baker woke up at 4:00 a.m. to make pastries for us. Apparently our arrival in town each year is quite a local event.
We traded stories with the locals, took a tour of the historical society, and of course ate and drank the goodies they set up for us. It was quite a nice treat. We felt like visiting celebrities. One of the highlights of the trip.
We were also treated to an unexpected bit of glorious weather today. Light breezes and temps in the 70's. This was perfect riding weather. For the first time almost the entire trip we didn't have to worry about the weather. Rural Missouri is actually quite nice. It's not flat however. Most of the ride was rolling hills, which is good practice for tomorrow's 146 rollers (that's not a typo).
It appears that raccoon roadkill is the state animal of Missouri. They're everywhere in various states of decomposion. Gil actually stopped and pulled the tail off a "fresh one" and tried to make a Davy Crockett attachment for his bike helmet. I'll skip the gory details, but let's just say that it didn't turn out so well...
Internet access in Palookaville is turning out to be a real challenge. Yesterday's post went up and then disappeared. The access in today's hotel is almost unusable. So, no Google Earth stuff for today, and no pictures. Most unfortunate, since there were some really nice shots of the Maysville stop. Hopefully I'll have something more reliable tomorrow. I'll get caught up on the Google Earth stuff once I have access that works.
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2 comments:
How nice for all of you. I imagine you get to thinking no one knows you are out there. It's amazing what will entertain a small town. I'm surprised they didn't have a parade. I'm looking forward to the pictures.
Ride easy tomorrow Joe Joe.
Great post! Too bad about no pictures. I had no problems.
Terry
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