We went on a ferry across a river to leave kentucky and I'm pretty happy about it. Kentucky is very rough country for cycling. Unfortunately so is southern illinois. many of the roads are gravelly. one bright spot is that unlike in kentucky, alcoholic beverages are freely available so we were able to drink some beer at a bar. The beers only cost like $1.50 which to someone who's lived in NYC and SF is preposterous but for Dan who is from richmond, it didn't seem unusual.
I don't have much time to wrtie so I will try to make it quick: I rescued some turtles from the side of the road. We spent one night in Illinois (carbondale) and then crossed the mississipi, stopping in chester, illinois which is famous for being the hometown of popeye's creator. I've heard "hello america" 3 times on the radio in the past three days after never hearing it on the radio before in my life.
We crossed through iron mountain and will sleep in houston, missouri tonight. The ozark mountains have no power over me, mostly I scoff at them with contempt. they are gradual climbs and when you gain altitude you tend to hold onto it for a few miles unlike the appalachians which were treacherous and full of monsters and whatnot. This is the most fun riding we've had so far cause the terrain is perfect and the weather is cooling off a bit although we did get stuck in the rain a few days ago and had to call it an early day. Dan saw a bobcat, but I missed it.
I'm starting to think I will be back in SF for my birthday. Blogger won't let me upload any pictures, I don't know why, but you can go here to see them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79019224@N00/
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