Well, we have officially reached the 1000 mile mark! Actually we've gone about 1200 miles and just finished our 17th day of riding. Today we arrived in Hannibal, Missouri-hometown of Mark Twain! We are taking our second rest day of the trip tomorrow and I'm VERY excited about it. There is lots to do here-boutiques to shop at, museums to go to, and ferryboats to ride on! I will write tomorrow after Dad and I do all of our sightseeing. Things have improved since my last entry. Although we've had some issues, we are still standing without any major injuries! On Monday, we went through St. Louis. It was really cool to see the famous St. Louis arch and Dad spent a LOT of time admiring it. A LOT of time. Then, we had the chance to go on the bike path that supposedly ran along the river. Now, this was supposed to be a GREAT bike path. It's referred to as the "jewel" bike path of St. Louis. So, I was definitely looking forward to some riverfront biking! However, we discovered as we rode along, that this was the most RANDOM bike path in the world. We found ourselves going along the river half the time, and the rest of the time, we were biking through landfill sites, chemical plants, and going across abandoned railroad tracks. Super random. I can't express how much I now appreciate the bike paths in Calgary now that I've been here. On Monday, we also had our first encounter with rain. LOTS of it. We had to pull out all of our rain gear, and we realized that my pants are not waterproof, so that was really fun. (Insert highly sarcastic tone there...). We had to ride on the Intersate Highway over the Missouri River bridge in the pouring rain which was probably the scariest thing of my life. The only najor problems we've encountered in the last two days have been closed roads. Although I'm thankful that we haven't been caught in any tropical storms or flash floods, it has become VERY frustrating to see "Road Closed ahead due to high water" signs so frequently. Usually, we have to take detours that add at least 5 miles onto our route which doesn't seem like a lot, but when you are riding a bike for 6 hours a day, it IS. Needless to say, I'm very tired, but still enjoying my time here very much!! Check tomorrow to hear about our time in Hannibal! :)
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P.S Here's another quote that would never have been said if my brother, Luther was on this trip with my dad instead of me: Dad: Alright, you can have control of the TV as long as we don't have to watch that stupid wedding dress show.
Annika. I didn't want to point them out, but you would have if I was the one writing...you spelled supposedly wrong and you used the wrong the wrong "here". But it's okay. You're allowed a few grammatical mistakes :) Oh, and the picture of the hill? Imagine that hill x 5...that's what I've been riding! :)
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