I feasted on homemade granola, and fruit while Tom biked into town for breakfast. I got the recipe for the granola so I could make it later. It was delicious.
The route today was relatively easy, except for a couple of gym shoe hills later in the day. I could bike up most of the hills with little trouble. We’re finally getting out of the Ozarks! There were not as many steep hills as the previous couple of days.
West bound bikers had told us that we should stop by the firehouse, where they would surely put us up for the night. Greg Beavers, the city administrator there is a very avid bicyclist. The firefighters, Chris Spradling, Mike Franklin, and Justin Holmes treated us like one of the crew and put us up in the department’s command van. They let us use the firehouse showers, watch TV with them, and told us the best places to eat in town.
Later, a French Couple, Amaya Williams and Eric Schambion, www.worldbiking.info showed up in the rain, wet and ready for showers. They also joined us in the command van. Amaya and Eric have been bicycling across the globe for the last three years. They bicycled the entire circumference of Africa, they have bicycled in the Middle East, Europe, and are now biking from Maine, to Missoula (where Amaya was born), and then they’re headed south to the southern tip of South America. WOW! These are truly the king and queen of the bike gypsies.
Amaya and Eric told us they take a rest day every 6 days or so, and they take two weeks off every 6 months or so. They always use Couchsurfer.org or Warmshowers.org, or camp in city parks. They seldom pay for lodging, and they always cook rather than eating in restaurants.
They offered us several shortcuts in KY, and verified the efficacy of using Rte. 13 to cross Illinois rather than following the Adventure Cycling route.
The firemen told us that the town here is converting the local jail into a hostel for use by bike riders and others who might need it.
Sorry, miles not recorded today.
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