Lewis and Clark Bicycle Tour I

43.4 hot miles today – 388.3 total miles Last night when going to bed, I put our food up where I thought the critters couldn’t get to it.  We were wrong.  In the morning, the food bag was gone.  We found it in the woods a few feet, empty.  We did find our peanut butter…

63.3 miles today – 344.9 total miles After our great day yesterday, we thought that 65 miles to the next camping place shouldn’t be a problem for today. Unfortunately, when cycle touring not all days are equal. We left our campsite by about 8:45 and stopped by the Higginsville Post Office to jettison some items…

67.2 miles today – 281.6 total miles Today was our first day on all roads instead of trails. Well, almost. We were on the Katy trail for just over a mile this morning before we said a final farewell and head down the road. Up to this point we had spent most of the days on…

43.5 miles – Total: 214.4 miles Today was a bit more adventuresome that than we expected. We woke up at about 6:30 ate breakfast and broke camp.  It began to drizzle as we started packing up.  We were thankful for the gazebo to do it under.  It made the job much more pleasant.  We suited…

55.1 miles – Total: 170.9 miles We woke up today to find our tent covered with ants—lots of little ants and some giant black ants. It took some time breaking camp on our first camping morning. We got going about 10:00am. We had to stop to readjust my load after a few miles to get…