MISSOURI

Day 28 - Hannibal, Mo to Moberly, Mo

78 Miles

It has been quite some time since we have seen any kind of large body of water. So, to say the least, it was incredibly refreshing to ride through Missouri alongside Mark Twain lake (of course...). The "lake" is actually huge, being over 30 miles long. We were able to stop at an awesome water side lunch spot halfway through the ride, which was really nice.

As we did the middle part of the ride, we noticed that the clouds were starting to roll in. We were all hoping for rain, we have yet to have a rain day which is absurd! We stopped in for a second lunch around mile 60 at this covered pavilion area. Sure enough, our second lunch/gatorade break turned into an hour and 45 minute stop as we waited for the storm to

pass. It was pretty wild essentially being in the middle of a flat cornfield and watching lightning strike down into the ground. As a bad weather lover, I thoroughly enjoyed the stop.

After much delay, a crew of us continued on with the ride and pretty much were chased by the storm all the way into Moberly. When we got into town a bunch of us spotted our first Sonic of the trip and decided to stop in. It was quite the momentous event and we tal

ked the management into donation magic drinks for all of us. It was amazing!

We have started playing some pretty serious road "games" while biking lately in an effort to keep things interesting. There are of course the standard sing alongs and would you rathers but we have also instituted "sharking." Sharking is when you sneak attack a fellow cyclist on the road with your hand up over your helmet as a fin and spit water onto them. Sounds gross and silly but it has gotten pretty intense.

We had a great dinner with the host (that was cut short for me because I was on laundry

crew...wah wahhhh) and then hit the hay quite early to prepare for our 4 am wake up the next day.