On day five we left the Missouri River and headed across rolling farms. The biggest thing was I did NOT get a flat!!!also the day was only 37 miles but it had a lot of ups and downs (physically, not emotionally). We ended the ride in Sedalia. The Chamber of Commerce came out and set up a tent to promote the town. It was like a scene in Patton when he liberated Sicily and the crowds were cheering and bands were playing except a bit smaller and there were no Nazis. They provided free transportation from Laura. In a 5-10 minute ride with Laura we learned anything and everything about Sedalia (and her personal hygiene schedule). The next morning the Chamber of Commerce was there again with dozens of hard boiled eggs (the place that they contracted breakfast cancelled last minute so the Chamber of Commerce stepped in, bless their hearts). Yesterday, the last day, was also a shorter ride, 36 miles. It had poured during the night so the ground was saturated. That made the ride so much harder. The crushed limestone when wet was like riding through wet concrete. The SAG guy the day before had also said that there was 26 miles of downhill.....NOT (if I saw him on the trail, I think I would have run him over). The biggest thing that happened was Charlene almost getting mauled by 2 vicious dogs ( and we found out when we got done that someone ahead of us was bitten). We reported it to the State Park people and they were appreciative of that. We took a shower and headed towards home. It's Thursday morning now, still on the road but will be home in a few hours, just long enough to wash out clothes and then we leave for Louisville at 9 am Friday morning.
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