From Eminence, MO to Houston, MO - ~ 41 miles
in an attempt to beat the heat, we got up early and were on the bikes by 6 am to try to save ourselves from dying of exhaustion. we stopped in town to grab some breakfast (another fairly unhealthy gas station breakfast)...and then we were back on the road trying to beat the heat.
the first 7 miles out of eminence were quite similar to yesterday...some pretty steep climbs and the legs were really screaming as we began. thankfully, about 7 miles in, the ground started to even out a bit, and the riding got substantially easier. about that time, we got passed by a couple of riders without gear...turns out they were part of the adventure cycling association supported group ride. there are 14 of them riding along with a support van that carries all of their gear. the most encouraging part is that we found out that they have been riding 9 days longer than we have...which made us feel really good about the number of miles we have covered thus far.
we also came across another guy in the adventure cycling association group who made us realize that what we are doing is really nothing that impressive. this guy is 70 years old...started riding in march in california...rode with another aca group across the united states on the southern tier route...he then rode up the coast and joined the transam group riding east to west. he will be riding for a total of 5 months...at the age of 70...that is just crazy.
we finished our ride into houston, and found our camping spot at the local city park. it seemed like a very nice park..during the day that is. turns out that we were close to a fairly busy road, there were obnoxious teenagers screwing around at about 10pm, and the pavilion we were sleeping close to had lights on it that stayed on the entire night. add to all that, the fact that the humidity was super super high, and the sleeping was not terribly enjoyable.
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