Hermann MO to Eldon, MOFinally we woke to dry roads and sun. Nice!!! We needed it. Cycling in the rain was getting old.
We crossed the Missouri River and started west along the Lewis and Clark Trail.
This is a hard packed gravel trail about 12’ wide that is over 100 miles long. We used a 35-mile portion of this trail. Along the route were rest areas with informational displays to read.
Along the route we came across a couple making a three-day cycling trip to Hermann where we just had come from. After chatting for a while we moved on.
In the distance we could see what appeared to be a large radio controlled airplane being flown. We were sure it was not a real plane because of the maneuvers it was making.
As we got closer we could see it was a real plane diving down and pulling up just before the tree line. A crop duster! What an amazing site to watch as the pilot dropped the plane just a few feet off the deck to spray. And then just when it looked like it was too late he pulled up and over the trees. He would then make a sharp diving turn and do it all over again.
We had a 110-mile day planned when our route took us to a road that appeared to be an interstate highway. Joe pulled out the laptop and we re-routed around the busy road. This sent us off route an bit and we realized we would not make our original destination.
Tonight we will tweak our route and see if we can come up with a new plan.
All and all we had a great day.
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