It rained from the time I finished yesterday until Karen and I loaded up the car for today's ride. It was a gray and overcast day with only mist at the start. But it never rained and then the sun came out towards Jefferson City. I pressed my luck and rode another 12 miles to Tebbetts and just as I finished, packed up, and got in the car, it poured. So that is two days of rain I somehow avoided. We've been blessed so far.
The ride today started with a well marked path through Boonville to a bridge to the other side of the Missouri River. I was able to ride a bit faster, though the average MPH did not show it as I made stops on the Missouri River Bridge, the towns of New Franklin and Rocheport, the KATY roundhouse, Pearson's clay tile grain elevator, Lewis and Clark Cave, the Great Burr Oak Tree, and the Roche Percee Natural Arch. 67 miles covered for the day.
That second tour group on the trail is Wilderness Voyageurs out of Ohiopyle, PA. I saw several of their cyclists at a SAG stop at McBaine. Road Scholars was nowhere to be seen today.
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| Trailhead at Rocheport |
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| Rocheport to McBaine: Cliffs to the left and the Missouri River to the right |
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| A Lewis and Clark stop |
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| The Great Burr Oak Tree and my bicycle |
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| McBaine Trailhead |
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| One of the many bridges spanning creeks and rivers |
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| Another view |
Today's ride:
hey joe,,same skanky weather here. glad you are dodging it. the trail looks beautiful. enjoy it..i am enjoying your posts. thanks
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