Jeffery City to Rawlings
In the
morning I needed to temporarily repair a connection for the rear rack. It broke
just as was almost to the door at the church. Could have been a disaster if it
had occurred while on the road at speed. I got it cobbled back together with a
couple of wire ties.
The ride was
challenging weather and road wise. Crazy Western storms below thru with mostly
high winds and minimal rain. Was wild at times only being on a bicycle with
wild howling and continuous lightening strikes.
Then there
was a 12 mile stretch of highway construction that was totally unsafe. Two
lanes of 70 MPH traffic with mostly no sholder for cyclist. It was a horror the
whole way. I actually meet a young woman going the other direction. Ibet this
disaster of a highway construction plan would never been approved if this were
the planners daughter. This is a portion of a national bicycle route, give us a
bit of consideration!
Getting to
Rawlings I found a good hardware store and better repaired my rack mount. The
guys even stayed over some to allow me to do the repairs inside. It was raining
so they took pity on the old guy.
Nishanth had
put in a very hard day and was now back with me. Since raining we decided not
to camp but found a nice sheltered entrance at the high school. Was nice dry
sleeping accommodations and we woke up to sunshine. Hope it will last a while.
Days miles
about 66 wild and crazy miles.
we was whatn was up with you in Rawlings. Keep pedaling man
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