George on the other hand, decided to spend some time catching up on some reading. He is from Springfield, Mo so this is homecoming for him. He is a retired physician and one of the most even keeled persons that you can find. He is a steadying influence and is so calm. I wish I can be more like him.
After an almost 3 hour delay, we got started. It was a little wet on the road and the wind was not favorable towards us, but was not that bad, but after about 20 miles the sun came out. Fred who normally bikes at the front of the pack bicycles with us or should I say behind us. We stopped at the SAG at about the 25 mile mark and after that we proceeded to bike through 148 rolling hills of varying length.
As my shifting is still giving me problems I tried to use momentum from the top of one hill to carry me through the next uphill. This worked some of the time and as I am pretty much down to two working gears it helped a lot. Today Alec took off from our foursome as he was able to use his weight to coast up and down more efficiently. At about the 45 mile mark I decided to push myself through the uphills and the unfavorable winds. I passed a few people and made it to the next SAG. I waited for Harry and Karen who were only about 5 minutes behind me.
After the SAG, we continued on and I took a picture of a house located in a field. This is pretty typical of the days view.
The three of us continued on and arrived at our hotel.
Chillocothe, MO - Kirksville, MO
Miles 74.730
Ave. MPH 14.7
Actual bike time 5:05:29
Left Hotel `10:05
Arrive Hotel 4:45
Tomorrow we will bike into Illinois.
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