Woke up and the right eye was pretty swollen and crusted shut. Nice. Now to figure out how to get medicine, but first, breakfast at Dotty's. Oh yum! Now this was a breakfast...veggie omelet with hash browns and a pancake!
Decided it was mustache day. With the humidity & sweat, they didn't last very long, but made a great group photo in front of the caboose.
We were making good time, stopping to take a few pics of the fall color.
The canopy was definitely changing, too, more greens & yellows today.
Then Victor flatted, it was a good one, too, had to use the Leatherman to pull out the thorn, probably a goat head. Guess he'll be buying the drinks tonight in Hermann.
We arrived Mokane around 1 o'clock, decided it was wise to see if we could find a place to eat. We located the 'Mokane Bar & Grill Open'. See the sign does say "Mokane Bar & Grill Open"
Walked through the doors an hit a small wall of smoke. While looking at the menu, Kristen asked if the salad consisted of Iceberg lettuce, the response from the food server was priceless. "No, its just lettuce." When the salad arrived imagine how shocked Kristen was to see a bowl of iceberg lettuce. The food was actually really good for bar food, or at least my cheeseburger was tasty, or maybe I was just starving for meat?
At one point, Amanda & I were chasing Kristen & Victor, when we disturbed something and it flew at us. We decided it was a grouse.
Then there was this big rock, I had been looking for a rock to take home for my yard, but decided this one was too big for Victor to carry, it wouldn't fit on the bike.
Found this info about the rock from a geocache (which I forgot was there until I got home)
It was hard to see the markings, too bad. I never did see the flood markings on some of the bridges, either. Missouri needs to make those stand out more like they do in Texas, or maybe Texas just likes to brag about things like floods.
Standing Rock is actually a part of the bluff that has been separated from the rest of bluff by the erosion of the surrounding material.
Over the years the rock has been marked to show the levels reached by various floods of the Missouri River. It is not known who has been making the markings. However the markings have been checked and are accurate. Some of these markings are quite readable and but others are no longer readable.
We came to Steamboat Junction, a campground w a snack bar on the honor system and a geocache hidden nearby. Found the cache, took pics then back on the bikes, had to get to Hermann before the pharmacy closed.
When we rode through Rhineland, they took us across the highway and into the entertainment district, we rode past 2 ball fields and grand stands set up for some event (drag racing, horse racing, tractor pulls?).
Time to cross the bridge into Hermann. Was nice they had a bicycle lane, rumor has it crossing into Hermann used to be dangerous, for someone who sometimes likes to take chances I'd like to see what it used to look like. The bridge was the first hill we've had in a few days.
And then the search for our B&B started, only to find out it was on top of a hill. Victor made it all the way up it, I made it 3/4 of the way, Kristen & Amanda were smart & walked up it.
Bill, Kristen's dad was there already, he let Kristen borrow the truck & drive me to the pharmacy. The pharmacy was about 2 miles out of town, so it was nice to have a ride. I had called the pharmacy to verify its location, when I mentioned I was from out of town the pharmacist asked, "are you Kim?" Yep, def in a small town.
For dinner we ate at a nice restaurant that served dark greens in its salad! Then went to find a grocery store to purchase breakfast foods.
The B&B was an old stone house with several additions. Three stories, narrow, uneven steps, the kitchen was downstairs, needless to say lots of character including the vent in the upstairs room that looked into the living room, perfect for spying as a child.
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Hartsburg to Hermann
Towns we passed by: Jefferson City (off the trail, but we never saw a sign pointing the way), Tebbetts, Mokane, Portland, Bluffton & Rhineland
Time in saddle: 4 hours 26 mins
Miles for today's ride:55.97
Total miles for the Katy Trail: 173.15
Total miles for 2012: 2551.96
Miles to go: -539.96 miles til 2012!!
Odometer
Cross:1173
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