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Missouri is beautiful! It’s been raining like crazy and now the Ozarks are bright green and bursting with flowers. And the best part, it was only 82 degrees today! Pure riding heaven.

So my goal was to get to Clinton today, 100 miles from Fort Scott Kansas. I knew it would be a tough goal, especially since I’d be leaving the flatlands of Kansas and hitting the hills of the Ozarks. The first 60 miles were pretty smooth as I had a mild crosswind, no big deal. But then I took a left turn north and that crosswind became a direct headwind, bummer. It was a very long 40 miles. My head was down most of the time as I pedaled, which gave me a good view of the dead Armadillos, and there are lots of them. Dead box turtles too, such as sad scene along highway 13

I finally made it to Clinton at 6:30, much later than my usual stopping point. All I could think about was food so I headed to the historic downtown. As I limped slowly around the square, looking for a nice restaurant I met Art. Art turned out to be my angel for the day. He pointed me to a great little local pasta joint and then invited me to stay at his house in the country.

I’m writing this as we all (his family and kids) sit around a big bonfire. It’s very cozy. I’m loving the Midwest!

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